Are Children Of Today Spoilt?

Question

Hello,

I like to instill in my two children,

Discipline and Respect they appreciate everthing

That they get, however I see some kids that get, anything

That they wish for and a lot seem to think the rule the place.

Thanks,
All opinions appreciated.

Answer 1

A lot of children today are spoilt, because they get everything and want for nothing. They get off with doing whatever they want due to lack of discipline in schools and in some cases at home. My two children, although they dont want for anything, they have to earn it by helping about the house and behaving. If they want something 'big' which i would not normally get them, they will get it for birthdays or Christmas. If they want a CD or DVd they buy it with their own money, and it their money runs out, then its their own fault.

Answer 2

Children today are very spoiled. They don't have to work they don't have choirs all they do is sit around the computer from the time they get home from school until they go to bed. The reason being is these so called cps workers who think they know it all, when truth be known they wouldn't have the first clue on how to raise a child. Hell some of them are probally only in their early 20's. If we were aloud to be parents and give a kid an old fashion butt spanken maybe there wouldn't be violence in school. Back in my day the only thing you worried about was smoking cigs and now look you have to wear a bullet proof vest to school. Sounds like they are spoiled to me.

Answer 3

I think a lot of kids today are spoilt - I cannot bear to be in the same room as some of my friends children as their behaviour is so brat like - and their parent shrug their shoulders and say they dont know what to do with them....

I think if the over 30's here think back to their own childhoods - did our parents shove ready meals down our necks? did 'I want' get whatever we wanted - no, it didnt. I put it down to E numbers and lack of time. But unfortunately that would appear to be the curse of the modern world and as yet we dont have the cure....

I love watching these Supernanny type programmes where the nanny comes in and gently kicks some butt and restores harmony to stressed out families... sometimes it just takes an outsider looking in.....

Answer 4

Hi.

As a child of today, (14) would it surprise you If I said yes?

Some people at my school do seem to get anything they want. They have expensive flashy mobiles, brand-new up-to-date iPods/MP3s, and anything else money can buy. What interests me is that most of the people with extra money to spend on this stuff are usually the ones who live in low-income housing or on council estates. While I have nothing against these people, I can't help but notice the correlation between these people being spoiled and their marks in school gradually decreasing.

So, in answer, yes. Most children (of my age) are thoroughly spoiled.

Answer 5

kids these days all EXPECT every thing to be handed to them, is good u instil discipline and respect, it will make them better and stronger adults...is the stepping block to adulthood, these days kids r left to run free, go to school when they wanna, do and go where they wanna, is sad parents have no control over their kids as in rules and respect...its alos shocking to see a kid asking for money for doing simple chores...omg..my nephew wouldnt wash the car for under $10 and if that had been my child....!!!...see, there i go again...lol...when i was a kid mum use to give us "the look" around other adults and we had to leave the room, it was all respect and discipline back then, it was so much better to EARN what we got, gifts were appreciated whole hearted, and now days kids want the best, is so sad...as a nanny for so many yrs, i loved to take the kids i was in charge of, to places that they could learn how that looking after and doing things for others totally unselfish acts, could be fun and rewarding, its good to see their little faces light up and smile as a senior citizen had their garden weeded, or we walked their dog for them...is good to teach kids unselfish acts can be more rewarding than recieving gifts.... especially respect for their elders... ur kids will be great little adults, im sure ur proud... tc : )

Answer 6

OMG yeah I think so, I mean I'm 21 and I see that their attitudes are so different to mine when I was a kid. They've got mobile phones, MP3s, computers etc etc. But I think on a larger scale that material things are the goal of society and that the kids are just reflecting this, don't ya love capitalism?

Answer 7

Though I am young I see my cousins that are children that are extremely spoilt I have never seen anything like it I used to think I was spoilt as a kid they are 20 times worse and after every generation it escalates.........

Answer 8

yep. too many toys/gadgets etc. but that stems from too much money from parents. I live in merseyside, and all the working class families have kids that aint spoilt one bit - the parents just go out to work, come back, and they do stuff. they dont endlessly go round toy shops, or hav house full of crap.
Parents are to blame

Answer 9

Lot more pressure placed on kids now by companies and their peers etc.Maybe it has something to do with people from my generation and background that didnt have a lot when they were kids wanting to give theirs a "better" childhood?Or parents that feel guilty about not being able to spend time with them buying them off instead.

Answer 10

I think the biggest thing a parent can teach (rich or poor) is commom decency,The golden rule,Do unto others as you would have them do unto you) don't hit somebody if you don't want them to hit you! But spoiled? that's hard because if you have money to the amount that saving is irrelevent then for your children to cherish their stuff won't be easy GOOD LUCK.

Answer 11

sounds like you are doing the right thing for your kids. I beleive most are given too much with no sense of earning what they get, therefore, they can't appreciate what it takes to provide for a family.