How big is your home? Does it have a pool and do you spoil?

Question

your kids? By spoil I mean do they have a lilliput playhouse in the yard and all those power wheels?
Tons of clothes and toys and even tv in their room.
How do these people afford this?
I was in a "rich" hood today and saw this cadillac escalade and beside it was a kids sized one...how do they afford it, they cant all be doctors and lawyers! Half of te women dont wrk either so they are stay home moms!

Answer 1

that's a lot of questions! My home is very small - 940 sq feet, and I take care of my elderly grandmother, and raise my daughter in it. No pool, no yard, no garage. I work very hard, and put myself through college to get where I'm at. But I will never afford the lifestyle you describe.

All my daughter's clothes fit in one 4-drawer dresser. She does not have a tv in her room or a video game system, not because I could not get them for her, but because there are more important things in life and I don't think that she needs them. She doesn't have a bicycle, either, but she has tons of movies and books, and paper and crayons/markers, and dress-up clothes and balls.

I agree with the comment above that many people today CANNOT actually afford the lifestyle they are living. The parents struggle with debt to provide a lifestyle they are not capable of maintaining on their incomes. It's unfortunate, because these children will inevitably come to a sad realization several years down the road when they find out what the real world is truly like.

Then again, maybe there are a lot of doctors in that neighborhood. Still, kids don't need all that nonsense. And I don't think that ANYONE needs an Escalade, in my personal opinion.

Is my kid spoiled? She thinks so. She gets to go to the park and beach regularly, sees theatre often, gets to use the computer (we only have 1!!) sometimes, and has plenty to play with. Is she materialistic? No, thank God for that. What she has makes her happy. And what I spoil her with is my attention and my love.

Answer 2

my home is 3500 sq feet, with in ground pool that I had a large fench put around to make safe for the kids. I have a fenced in yard, with 2 adorible boxers.

I Guess some would say I spoil my kids. My son is 15 my daughter is 6. They both have their own 4 wheelers, and a good area to ride them. I work for my money, and want to give my kids all the things that we didnt have as a kid, cause they wernt invented yet..... God that sounds so old lol. They have Tv's in their rooms and game systems.

I spend alot of time with them and they are very active at school. I go to work at 4 am. pick them up at 3 and we usually make dinner and do school stuff ( several times a week) Most night I dont get to rest until 9-10 pm.

You can afford anything if you want it bad enough. You save and invest until you can get what you want.

Answer 3

money management. yes we have 5 kids a suburban a Honda a nice house with a pool and a huge yard with a home built wood swing set all plug and plays tons of clothes shoes battery ride on toy and so on. My hubby works full time and I work part time. Are kids are 9 and under. We are now saving for a boat and camper. When my kids outgrow things I give them away usually to people I know or they know who needs things and it makes me feel good.

Answer 4

You should read the book "The Millionaire Next Door," you'll find that most people who are worth a lot of money are not "showy" about it, and that those who have a lot of "stuff" are often in deep debt and living paycheck to paycheck. Learn how to budget your money when you are young so that you ALWAYS put a little bit in savings. It's not about making large financial leaps, but making the little decisions along the way.

My husband and I both started off making minimum wage at a pizzaria, we worked our way up to management, saved every penny that we could and bought our own franchise. Before we owned our own the most I got paid per hour was $7 and my husband made $8/hour. We bought cheap cars that we paid for, we didn't eat out, we risked not having health insurance or life insurance, we didn't buy new clothes or shoes often, and we each worked about 60 hours per week. In about 2 1/2 years we had saved $20,000 cash, enough for a down payment on a business and a house. And we were not very old (I was 24, he was 27).

Our home is not large (only 800 square feet) but we own it, and when we need to we will move into a bigger house. We don't have an inground pool, we use an inflatable pool. Our children (ages 3 years and 3 months olds) have a few bigger toys, but mostly we go to the city park. We put away as much money as we possibly can for our childrens' educations and retirement.

Even if you have a no-skill job, if you learn to do it well you will move up. Work on finishing your education, I just got my bachelor's degree nearly 10 years after graduating from high school and 3 1/2 years after opening my own business. I stay home with the kids because we make financial decisions that allow us to make that choice.

Seriously though, get the book, it can change your life.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

How do they afford it? One hell of a credit line and alot of debt. Dont let them lie to you. Alot of people with all of these things are 2-3 car payments behind.
Too many people put too much into "toys" they dont need.
BTW, i have a bigger house-a very good size house...but its a much older house in a older neighborhood. I got it for a hell of alot cheaper than these people pay for a small ranch type house in the suburbs. Let them spend all that money for nothing.

Answer 7

My dad started out dirt poor, and has worked for 25 years do get what he's got. A lovely house, an underground pool, a swing set that my grandfather built for me and my sister, and he's worked really hard.

He could barely afford a tiny house with two bedrooms when I was born, and now he's worked up to one of the nicest houses I know.

We're not stinkin rich, but we're pretty well off.

Answer 8

Try staying in school, not getting knocked up at 15, 16, 17. Get a college degree and then a real job and you too can afford some of the good things that life has to offer. It is not that hard. My husband and I have a good life and I stay home. This is possible because we have worked hard to get here. There are lots of great jobs other than doctors or lawyers. Mostly, you just need to use your head and the rest is easy.

Answer 9

That all depends on what you call spoil? Yes my house has a playstation, and playstation 2, dreamcast, nintendo, psp, nintendo ds, 8 bikes, one outdoor play structure, tv in the bedroom, two new computers at their disposal the other computer is mine...

But I have 6 children. The toys are all shared. We rent our small 3 bedroom house. I drive an old beat up 15 passenger van. Are my kids spoiled?

That depends on your views right?

I like to spoil them with freedom, food, birthdays, field trips(homeschooled) but are they materialistic? nope. not in the least. Are they whiny mommas kids? nope.

Some of those kids in those neighborhood, I pity them. They don't get to really know their parents because they are working so hard, at a job, keeping up appearances, getting more THINGS. They don't get the spoils that my children get.

So I guess, through my little philosophical trip, do my children have what they have, no, but they have enough. Are they spoiled. Yep you bet.

Answer 10

hmmm my house is 1536 sq foot. i have 3 kids 2 of them have t.v.'s in their room. we have a play house thing from sams club. we do not have a pool, but my in-laws live next door and they do. i drive a van LOL and I don't work. We are hardly rich but we make sure are kids are dressed well and have toys. my husband is a RN so there you go.