Do you think some parents spend money on their children because they are seeking attention of their own? For example, in trying to "keep up with the Joneses' kids," they pamper their own? Explain.
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Do you think some parents spend money on their children because they are seeking attention of their own? For example, in trying to "keep up with the Joneses' kids," they pamper their own? Explain.
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Kids these days are greedy and unforunate to have the things they do. They already have more then they should, but they will keep asking and asking for things they want, not need. Parents need to put a stop to the spending and teach these kids some disicpline. They need to put the foot down and take this into action!
I think that parents do sometimes spend money on their children because they want attention, but I also believe that many parents are just clueless, and believe that by spending as much money as they can on their kids that they are making their kids better people. In reality, they are just spoiling their kids, and their kids will grow up dependant and not know how to do many things they should. Also, they will have poor money-management skills because they are accustomed to receiving money for doing nothing, and that will likely change. Getting back to the attention: I think that if they think that another family is giving their kids more, they will want to keep up with them just so the kids don't complain, and also so they have something to tell other parents to make themselves stand out.
I do think that many parents compete with other parents by spending more money on their own children, making sure they have the same, or better material things as their neighbors kids, or friends kids. In order to feel 'up to date,' they often live through their children. If the neighbor gets their child a xbox, said parent will also buy one for their child, because they don't want them to feel left out.
I agree completely with this article. I think it describes the issue very well and I think some parents need to hear this. I think soiling kids teaches them to be materialistic and lazy. This article gave specific example that i thought were perfect for reinforcing their claim that spoiling childeren today is having a very negative impact on them.
Yes. Some parents may try to live vicariously through their kids. For example, if the parents never suceeded at school or were poor when they were young, the parents will often work to create 'better' conditions for their kids-pressuring their children to suceed at school or buying unnecesary gadgets and enrolling their children in an overwhelming amount of extracurricular activities. Oftentimes, the parents desire to improve their child will suppress their child's decision making abilities instead and ultimately hinder the child's growth.
Yes i do think that some parents spend money on their kids to get attention of thier own. some parents want to make it look like thier kids have everyting so they but it for them. which does spiol them though but they want to be the best prents so they buy stuff for thier kids. making them spoiled.
yea i think parents r spending way to much on there kids b/c like u said keeping up w/ the jones's everyone has to out do the other. people dont understand that its not all about looks its about who u r . and the wa y u act n present ur slef . so if ur a kid that gets everything n r spoiled than thoses kid r gonna get intruble n go in to bankrupsy eirlyer than the kid that dont have as much as the m. they will apreachiate things more.
I think that this society (especially in the suburbs) is based upon living vicariously through the lives of others. Many times people watch reality television and decide that they want to be liek these characters on tv. People are living in debt trying to portray themselves as figments of imagination, not real people. In places segmented like suburbia, it's harder to socialize and show off to people, but their kids see each other everyday. Giving their kids everything while they are in school, is parents re-living highschool vicariously through their kids. It should be stressed in our society that it is important to be happy with the things that you want, and not what our society looks at as "acceptable".
I think that some parents do spend excessive amounts of money on their children, which spoils them. Some materialistic parents think that the more they spend on their children, the better parents they are. This is one of the reasons children become spoiled and then "keeping up with the Jones'" can lead to the child to becoming more spoiled, if the parents try to match their neighbors as well.
I believe many parents have a need to compete with other families. Though it is childish, many parents desire to keep up with the neighbors' spending, as if this shows some sort of superior status. A young child does not need an expensive birthday party; but the parents establish the high-spending precedent at an early age. Parents often feel spending money on their kids is a way to give them what they did not have. This, however, only spreads materialism and financial dependence.
I agree with the article, kids are way too spoiled. If parents keep giving into them, they will never learn how to earn something on their own, and will grow up being dependent on everyone else.
I think that in today's society most parents spend money on their kids for educational purposes as well as luxury items. I think it is a parents nature to buy items for their kids to make them happy, but I don't think most parents spend money to seek their own attention. Although, parents think they are making their children happy in the ned they are hurting their kids because they will never learn to be independent. They will always count on someone being there for them and providing them with necessities. With that said, I am sure there are parents who do want to feel important and to them buying their kids the "newest" and "latest" items is providing them with that self-benefit.
In society today, parents spend excessive amounts of money on their children. However, the money parents are spending on their children, is more often than not, money that they do not have. I think that the reason that parents pamper their children is to keep up with everybody else. No parent wants their children to feel deprived or left out because they do not have the new item, so most parents today just buy the item for their child completely disregarding their budget. I think that this idea of excessive spoiling and spending, children will grow up to elad an extremely materialistic and corrupted society.
In todays society, everything has to do with money and who has what, and alot of the reflects on what their family has. So the main way to show off or act as if you are rich is by spoiling your kids and giving them everything and anything that they want. Some parencts actually see themselves as better parents if they spoil their kids, but they dont realize that they are doing more damage then good and that is going to reflect on how the kids act and the parents are alos looked apon with a bad judgement. T
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