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Originally Posted by RWebb
the real problem is that those kids will have a hard time in later life from being spoiled
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I agree, and this goes for all the kids younger than high schoolers' if this economy continues it's free fall. I know of very few of my friend's or familes kids who don't get all the "necessities" as soon as they come out; spendy shoes and clothes, expensive phone, the playstation, spring break vacations, yadda yadda yadda. I gotta figure that the party will end and some of these kids won't be able to handle the fallout.
Old farts like me (and a lot of you'se guys) went to work early in our teens to join the consumer parade; yeah, I was jealous of the kids with merchandise that I or the parents couldn't/wouldn't afford, but I have what I need now, and I live well below my means. I'm not cheap, just know what I want, and pay as I go to get it.
(but there will always be kids who have filthy rich parents - fact of life)