I tutor a buch of kids ages 7 to 14 and they have so much that I never had and they don't appreciate it (especially the really young ones). A DS when you're 9? Do you know how much that costs? A digital camera for a 8 year old? Cell phones for everyone? I didn't get my cell phone till I was almost 17 and they had it since they were 6. They act if the idea of not having DSL and cable television means death.
What happened to the simple things?
Why in the world are they so spoiled?
2007-10-26 16:16:10 · 31 answers · asked by meep meep 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Well, I'm saying this because I'm not much older than them (I'm 17), and I have to work for all my things (hence the tutoring them) IPod? Pay it out of your work money! School supplies? Time to be an adult and pay for yourself. It's fine to have expensive things, but it should be a privelege, not a right.
2007-10-26 16:28:47 · update #1
american kids are
go to other countries and see what they really appreciate, TOYS MADE OUT OF WOOD!
a 6yr old with a cellphone?!?!?!
what the heck does he need one for??!?!?
2007-10-26 16:20:25 · answer #1 · answered by ¬¬ 5 · 6⤊ 2⤋
I think being spoiled is not being taught respect. Such as to respect your elders. It's not something you just do, you have to have something kind of father figure or adult role model that has quality you value. Otherwise you'll end up running around laughing at other people and thinking you're better then them because they have no qualities you value. If there is no sense of alpha male dominance or some kind of respect then they will go around thinking they are better than other people. That is just my theory.
I think the world nowadays just facilitates kids being spoiled. Which is not necessarily a good things for the kids because it just means that they will have to go through hard time and have a rude awakening to conform. On other the hand the way society is today perhaps antagonizes spoiled people. Thinking back to older times people worked hard in fields and people had children to support them in their old age so the children already had an obligation to help them. And I guess royalty were not expected to be a bunch of brats or nobody hated them because that's what they wanted?
Maybe this all just an illusion. Or maybe is claim has been made by so many previous generations that you should just ignore it as said by a previous answerer.
I'm not an expert on this subject so I don't know.
2007-10-27 02:10:55 · answer #2 · answered by James Y 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not to be offensive to anyone, but you're right! Although I'm a "child" I don't have a cell phone, digital camera and I don't even have regular channels. I can live without all those things. On the other hand, my cousin is about.. 7 and he IS spoiled. he has a DS, and a PS2 with gazillion of games. He hogs the TV for the whole day either watching tv or playing games and he has barely touched his DS. He even has a Ipod. My parents aren't letting me get a cell phone until I desperately need it, which is .. when I'm 20. So I agree. But not all the kids are spoiled :P
2007-10-26 16:25:27 · answer #3 · answered by x0xlilpunkx0x 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OK,we never had this stuff at all when i was a kid,so much has changed.Its not having so much is spoil ed ,its the parents not teaching them respect and the value of the dollar..My 8+9 yr old sons have a cell phone to have on them for travelling to+from school only,the teacher has it during the day..Its progress for everything else and parents finding new ways to have the kids babysitter,its easier to throw on the telly and go..blame the parents and society,there isn't much hands on family time anymore and that's sad..cheers
2007-10-26 16:26:17 · answer #4 · answered by shrebee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simple things to me when I was kid were a 'Dynatron TP30', or a 'Perdio PR25' transistor radio. I worked hard delivering papers for those things. I think when I turned 13 my Dad used to give me 50 cents a week allowance, and that didn't include looking after my younger siblings. But back then a bag of chips, or a candy bar cost a nickel, and a can or bottle of pop cost the same.
When I did my homework, we had to lug out the old 'Encyclopedia Britannica' for our resources. None of this, clicking away on a keyboard...type in two words and get your answer bu** sh*t. My how times have changed! I honestly think that the entire human thinking process is slowly being simplified, or erased, even though most of us don't know it.
Oh, and by the way...I didn't get my first cell phone until I was 37. And it was as big as a shoe box...Haaaaa!
2007-10-26 20:15:01 · answer #5 · answered by Smiley 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because today it seem to be what everyone has and parents trying to out do parents. back in the day there was no one that really cared but today it is so different. It like hey my mom owns a van well my mom owns a hummer3 and so on. they even fight over who cell phone are better. The thing that buggs me the most is to get a group of kids outside to play ball is like you are killing them. I really want to say it is the lack of respect kids have today. We can not do anything to correct our children. so they do as they please. I now here were I live if I take my childs T.V. away it would be child abuse. So its really a two way street.
2007-10-26 16:23:44 · answer #6 · answered by Kimberly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kids usually emulate their parents. If they were spoiled then , most likely their kids will be spoiled. Children have to be disciplined. must be respected by their parents and taught to respect others by both word and example. Acouple of good whacks in the rear sometimes get their attention . One grandson was quite surprised when he found himself on the receiving end for some infraction. Material things are not the answer which again goes back to parents.
2007-10-26 16:32:29 · answer #7 · answered by googie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
.You know My parents generation probably said the same thing about us and we said the same thing about our kids. I'm 52 and my oldest is 32, it's a matter of things being different from when we were younger. My father used to complain about the TV and transistor radios. When portable CD players he complained when my older children got one. Now he complains that my youngest daughter has a Ipod shuffle and that's the inexpensive one. My girls had game boys but not a game system hooked up to the TV and I know a lot of kids who don't have a lot of electronic devises because their parents feel the same way that you do.
2007-10-26 16:24:41 · answer #8 · answered by Kathryn R 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I can't agree with you without becoming a huge, shameless hypocrite coz I bought a Nintendo DS for my five year old niece, a digital camcorder for my friend's daughter, and a Wii for my neighbors' three kids... Well, I don't have anyone else to spend my money on, sorry. But I'd do the same for you or your children if you were a friend of mine, I promise!
2007-10-26 16:24:20 · answer #9 · answered by ǝןqɐʇdǝɔɔɐun ʎןןɐıɔos 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I see it as giving them the opportunity to be exposed to technology. I will do it with my child, with some restrictions of course they do not need to have the best equipment. I do not even have it. But it is good to expose them to technology.
Spoiling a child is buying them very pricey cloths and never say no in cases like not going to the movies. Or throwing food away just because he/she asked for it but then decided not to eat it. Or buying every single candy that he/she asks for at the grocery store.
2007-10-26 16:25:45 · answer #10 · answered by Helper 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Look at it this way. When you were growing up, you had more than your parents and their parents. The older kids probably talked about how spoiled you were....
It's just a progression of society and time. Some of us have more than others and some others don't...
2007-10-26 16:19:51 · answer #11 · answered by labelapark 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋