Why are kids so spoiled

Dravokivich

I reckon a lot of the time there's a need to feel like we've given our children more than what we've gotten. Do it too much however and it can be taken for granted.

We just got our lad a trike. He hasn't gotten around to using it yet though, due to all the activity based gifts he got from friends and family that he keeps playing with. But in their own way even though it seems like a lot overall and we're scratching our heads over where to put the stuff, each individual gift wasn't excessive in itself.

That's how we'd hope further Birthdays and Christmases go. If there was going to be something big he was going to get, such as whatever games console or gadget, I'd rather he felt a sense of earning it, to appreciate it's value. Now that doesn't mean sending him down the mine to get his own coal, as mentioned by another poster earlier :P

Rosy Posy

Tarzana2 wrote: »

I just can't believe I wanted a typewriter!

It had that catchy Dolly Partonesque tune in the ad though! I got one. I was an only child and spoiled. I now have four kids who I am very careful not to spoil. They're generally very grateful for what they get and are careful not to ask for too much lest Santa thinks they're greedy.

Wompa1

I think at some point when the money was rolling in back in the long, long ago. Parents were buying their kids DVDs, video games, computers and the like to keep them quiet while they did whatever it is they wanted to do themselves.

I reckon it might come full circle. Now that so many people aren't working, people might actually pay attention to their kids and fix the next generation

anncoates

tempnam wrote: »

Yeah thats exactly what I meant.

Couldn't resist, sorry

Pumpkinseeds

There does seem to be outrageous spending on Christmas presents for kids. I was a 70's kid and my brother and I always got the main present that we asked for as well as some other cheaper stuff. My parents felt that kids shouldn't get everything they asked for. I think most of the spending is parents trying to outdo each other, a kind of Christmas keeping up with the Joneses. All in all, I find it kind of pathetic and it doesn't do the kids much good in the long run if they get everything they want when they ask for it. Life doesn't work that way.

ZeroThreat

Having been a child in a traditional 'working class' area on the southside of Dublin in the 1980's, and having attended a generally 'working class' school (on the Long Mile road) even then, there were always a few in the classroom who seemed to be spoiled rotten, even though the money wasted would have served them better being saved up for further education down the line.

lukesmom

Spent about €550 on eldest
€200 on middle child
€80 on youngest
And guess who sulked Christmas morning?????

The eldest because his phone cover needed to come off to be able to slot into his wireless speaker dock.

pickarooney

RayM wrote: »

In my day, you had to make your own iPad and PS4.

My 7 year old got fed up of being told he couldn't have a DS and made his own out of a load of overlapping sheets of paper with all the different apps and games. I laughed so hard I wanted to buy him a DS just for the effort. But I didn't, because I'm a prick.

ZeroThreat

pickarooney wrote: »

My 7 year old got fed up of being told he couldn't have a DS and made his own out of a load of overlapping sheets of paper with all the different apps and games. I laughed so hard I wanted to buy him a DS just for the effort. But I didn't, because I'm a prick.

I bet when he looses teeth, you leave a bill from the tooth fairy for tooth disposal under his pillow.

lukesmom

Because 7 ate 9

Tony EH

pickarooney wrote: »

My 7 year old got fed up of being told he couldn't have a DS and made his own out of a load of overlapping sheets of paper with all the different apps and games. I laughed so hard I wanted to buy him a DS just for the effort. But I didn't, because I'm a prick.

A Prickarooney?

Still though, fair play to the kid. He's like "feck that wanker, I'll make me own...et Voila!"

pablo128

Did we spoil our 6 yr old at Christmas? Fcuking right we did. Because we wanted to, and because we could. She didn't even ask for half the stuff she got.

And I won't apologise or make excuses for it either.

ZeroThreat

pablo128 wrote: »

Did we spoil our 6 yr old at Christmas? Fcuking right we did. Because we wanted to, and because we could. She didn't even ask for half the stuff she got.

And I won't apologise or make excuses for it either.

Don't worry, you'll be regretting it in about 10 years time.

Kiwi in IE

pablo128 wrote: »

Did we spoil our 6 yr old at Christmas? Fcuking right we did. Because we wanted to, and because we could. She didn't even ask for half the stuff she got.

And I won't apologise or make excuses for it either.

I think there are a few people in this thread who should spend their time and energy volunteering for Barnardos or Childline instead of fretting about children whose only problems are that they supposedly get given too much for Christmas/b'days etc.

BBJBIG

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Because you touch yourself at night

Aye.
If yis keep yer hand off de Divil's Mickie den yis won't be havin any Spolt Brats :cool:
Yis should go ta Mass more offen.
And every toime yis git de horn, say tree Hail Marys ta make it go away.