I know I probably spelled that wrong. But anyway.
I know a kid who gets absolutely everything she wants. Her parents will buy her bellydancing outfits for thousands of dollars, as well as anything else she wants. She also gets $50 a week for anything else. Her parents never say no, they take her to all these expensive places, expensive trips, shower her with money.
Now, my family isn't poor, but we watch our money. We rarely eat out, movies are two or three times a year, we get all our clothes from Old Navy and Payless (it's a shoe store) and just in general we don't spend.
Yet I think I'm happier. Sure, my parents don't buy me stuff (although I get a hefty allowance for a lot of work), but I've also been in a stable relationship for two years, I'm responsible with money, and I know what to do with myself.
Spoiling your kid, especially as a teenager, is only going to screw him up.
This was kind of pointless, but I'd like to see responses.
2007-02-17
05:53:21
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