Spoiled Children

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I just read this article on how parents nowadays are spoiling their children and I'm wondering... what do you think is the limit for spoiling? And... do you consider yourself spoiled?
 
A lot of it depends on the situation. I see nothing wrong with giving your kids things, or their Grandparents giving them things, as long as it's in moderation. However, as soon as the child thinks he can just have what ever he wants as long as he just throws a hissy fit, that's when you discipline, and probably do a little grounding.
 
I find it annoying. I was given things as gifts and presents; but, if I wanted something sooner, I had to work to earn it. Like if I wanted to buy something before my birthday, I had to make sure that I kept my grades up because higher grades meant more money per grade card. Some kids though, they're given everything because either their parents are busy and can't visit with them and feel bad or they simply don't want to have to deal with them. Either way, the end result is the child usually becomes a self-centered, egotistical, pompous individual.
 
I think it's OK to buy things for children, but there's a limit. And they should know not to cross it. I guess they wouldn't understand, unless they're much older.
 
I do not blame the kids, it is the parents fault for never teaching them that they are not the center of attention and can not have everything they want.
 
People at my school are spoilt they take everything for granted, they don't really have to save up or work for it, I have to work hard to earn money o_o so usually when I want to get something I can see of I can trade anything I have that I don't use for it. People at my school get to do whatever they want whenever and sometimes they do things that can get there family kicked out the country i mean I've seen them smoke (and there 13) and some of the older kids take there parents car and drives them without asking and without experience. That's how spoilt they are they do stuff that can get there family to lose there job and also gets them kicked out the country even though they give them so much. It's mind blowing
 
If I was then my parents would nag me about it. I never have any time for doing anything because this or that or I'm on the road or I want to do something and I can't do it. Spoiling children isn't a good thing and they should learn to like what they are given and not ask for anything. It's good to have interests but they should expect they are going to be given nothing every Christmas and Birthday.
 
Spoiled i never get spoiled i sometime got the things i want and sometimes not matter way i i don't care about anyone just wanna finish school and get a job and live my life
 
I would consider myself "spoiled" in the sense I get just about whatever I want, but it's not like my parents just hand it over or anything. Honestly my mom would be paying way more for a babysitter than she's paying me, so...

Kids online that brag about having stuff kinda make me sick though.
 
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Yeah sometime i wanna tell them to get a job
 
  • #11
I would consider myself spoiled. You see, I get most of the stuff I want, and I admit, I can be bratty about it. Sometimes I wish I could change, but I guess I'm so spoiled I can't. I think the limit for being spoiled is probably just, ya know, getting everything you want and not caring or saying thank you or anything. Ya know?
 
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I get literally nothing, maybe a few books and such. Honestly, my parents are getting too strict, ever since my 4.0 streak last year, they want me to maintain it and I literally get nothing now, maybe once in a while, I do get a video game but that pretty much is it
 
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  • No smartphones or devices unless they're over 12 ;-;
^ that. e.e

My little 7 year old has a smartphone. Like read books please ;~; and she refuses to do her homework sometimes :c

I think I'm kinda spoiled. I feel like I'm spoiled because I literally don't want anything for Christmas... I feel like I have everything I need already >.< or maybe I'm not, idk. But, I don't cry and whine for stuff. I just ask for it and if I get rejected I try again, at another time. Unlessss... I really, really want something ;-;
 
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I was not spoiled when i was a kid, i got more things now, but i don't ask for a lot either. (but i could use with a better pc than that shaired potato we use together at home, somewhere in the future)
 
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  • No smartphones or devices unless they're over 12 ;-;
^ that. e.e

My little 7 year old has a smartphone. Like read books please ;~; and she refuses to do her homework sometimes :c
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*is questioning why rawrrie has a 7 year old* :hilarious:
 
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*is questioning why rawrrie has a 7 year old* :hilarious:
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I- I meant my little 7-year old sis ;-;
 
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I know that alot of people have an harder life than me,but i dont consider myself spoiled.
Its not so that my parents buy me everything i want,i have to pay an bit of my own money if i want more expensive
stuff for christmas or my birthday.
I have alot of stuff,but i payed most of it purely with my own money.
 
  • #18
I can spot a few "spoiled" children here and there at school but overall I don't see that much, except some of them really really take it too far that I am annoyed. I usually earn things myself and it's every once and a while that I ask my parents for this and that, but I always don't go too far to ask for something consistently, even though there's a lot of things I want :p
 
  • #19
I don't consider myself spoiled, mostly because I don't ask for stuff all the time first and second I don't try too hard to get my parents to buy me something. If anything I try to get as much surviving stuff (food, clothes, living essentials, etc.) to live through college. They will buy me a game system/console if I prove myself worthy of one (like the main reason they were convinced to buy me a wii u is because I ranked in my school's top 10%, which wasn't really easy) and I had to buy games for it myself. Plus right now, if they can pay my college fees that would be more than enough from their wallets for me for the rest of my life, then I can start supporting them ^_^
 
  • #20
Well, it really depends.
Children should be able to get things as gifts for Christmas or for their birthday, but parents also need to punish their kid for throwing fits or something like that.
Some people like Ethan Couch are way too spoiled with their money, and his parents should have been more responsible with him.
Then there are kids who don't get anything, and their parents abuse them way too much.
So, kids should be able to get stuff as gifts, but when they throw a fit just to get something, then their parents have to teach them they were throwing a fit for nothing.
 
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