Spoiled kids.
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RE: Spoiled kids.
ORIGINAL: RedFireChik
I'm extrmely proud of what I have now. But my parents did buy me a car. a brand new Mustang when I was 16. However, I work my *** off to have what I have now and I have since i was 15. Maybe I was a spoiled child, but is it really necessary to judge?
I'm extrmely proud of what I have now. But my parents did buy me a car. a brand new Mustang when I was 16. However, I work my *** off to have what I have now and I have since i was 15. Maybe I was a spoiled child, but is it really necessary to judge?
On the other side of this coin, however, I have a friend who just returned from Iraq because his extremely wealthy parents wouldn't even pay for his college! Making your kid earn the money to buy a car is one thing; sending them off to war because you want them to "work for their own way" is a bit over the edge, IMO.
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RE: Spoiled kids.
+1 for JStang78
People take much better care of something they have worked for as well.
Some of you may disagree but in my book a kid that is working his/her *** off to make payments on a car they purchased is going to be much more meticulous and careful than the kid who is handed some keys.
The same concept pretty much applies to other things as well.
A kid who is paying their own way through college is going to work extra hard for good grades and opposed to someone who is having mommy any daddy pay for it without consequences for bad grades(which many don't have).
A kid last year stuck his thumb through a laptop monitor because he wanted to see what was inside. Mommy and daddy bought the school a new one.
Theres just a big difference in the *MAJORITY* of kids who have stuff handed to them all throughout life. Yes, there will be small cases of responsible spoiled children.
People take much better care of something they have worked for as well.
Some of you may disagree but in my book a kid that is working his/her *** off to make payments on a car they purchased is going to be much more meticulous and careful than the kid who is handed some keys.
The same concept pretty much applies to other things as well.
A kid who is paying their own way through college is going to work extra hard for good grades and opposed to someone who is having mommy any daddy pay for it without consequences for bad grades(which many don't have).
A kid last year stuck his thumb through a laptop monitor because he wanted to see what was inside. Mommy and daddy bought the school a new one.
Theres just a big difference in the *MAJORITY* of kids who have stuff handed to them all throughout life. Yes, there will be small cases of responsible spoiled children.
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RE: Spoiled kids.
ORIGINAL: Furinox
A kid who is paying their own way through college is going to work extra hard for good grades and opposed to someone who is having mommy any daddy pay for it without consequences for bad grades(which many don't have).
A kid who is paying their own way through college is going to work extra hard for good grades and opposed to someone who is having mommy any daddy pay for it without consequences for bad grades(which many don't have).
However, reality took hold, I was out of school for a semester, my parents clamped down on me and required me to pay for everything...and my grades, and the amount I applied myself to my school work, skyrocketed. And, among the group of friends I hung out with at the beginning of my college years, by the time I graduated, I think there were three of us still in college by that point. (The others had flunked out or dropped out.)
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RE: Spoiled kids.
I really have to chime in on this one.
I have to agree with the folks who say the APPRECIATION is the key ingredient here. I had a Mazda pick up when I was in high school. The thing was a piece of S***, and of course I didn't take care of it because it wasn't nice to begin with. I begged my parents for something better, but learned the lesson that you have to take care of what you have. Now that I own the car of my dreams, I don't like for a bird to even fly over it. Oh, and I did have a job through high school and paid my own insurance.
Again, I think as long as the kids APPRECIATE what they have and take care of it, I wouldn't consider them spoiled. Might call them every name in the book because I want it, but probably not warranted.
I have to agree with the folks who say the APPRECIATION is the key ingredient here. I had a Mazda pick up when I was in high school. The thing was a piece of S***, and of course I didn't take care of it because it wasn't nice to begin with. I begged my parents for something better, but learned the lesson that you have to take care of what you have. Now that I own the car of my dreams, I don't like for a bird to even fly over it. Oh, and I did have a job through high school and paid my own insurance.
Again, I think as long as the kids APPRECIATE what they have and take care of it, I wouldn't consider them spoiled. Might call them every name in the book because I want it, but probably not warranted.
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RE: Spoiled kids.
ORIGINAL: JStang78
Personally, I judge "spoiled" not only by what is received, but how the person treats that item as well. While one can say that someone who received a nice car at age 16 is "spoiled," because of that alone, I'd say that as long as it's appreciated (more than just "thanks, mom and dad") and as long as the kid respects the fact that their parents did what many other parents simply CANNOT do, then it kind of trumps the factor of whether or not the car was "earned." You know what I mean? MY opinion of spoiled would be the kid who drives the car like an idiot, and then responds, "my dad will just pay to have it fixed/replaced." I had a friend like this in high school. He rolled his '95 Mustang GT on a slick entrance ramp to the freeway because he was driving like a fool, and his parents responded by buying him a new Jetta. The Jetta ultimately also ended up in the local junk yard. I have a cousin who is probably about 24 years old or so, who has worked one job in his entire life, when he was 16, and is on about his fifteenth car...of course, souped up and loaded to the gills...that, like all of his previous cars (including a Mustang, a couple of Camaros, a Trans Am and a late 90s Vette) will end up totaled by the insurance company.
On the other side of this coin, however, I have a friend who just returned from Iraq because his extremely wealthy parents wouldn't even pay for his college! Making your kid earn the money to buy a car is one thing; sending them off to war because you want them to "work for their own way" is a bit over the edge, IMO.
ORIGINAL: RedFireChik
I'm extrmely proud of what I have now. But my parents did buy me a car. a brand new Mustang when I was 16. However, I work my *** off to have what I have now and I have since i was 15. Maybe I was a spoiled child, but is it really necessary to judge?
I'm extrmely proud of what I have now. But my parents did buy me a car. a brand new Mustang when I was 16. However, I work my *** off to have what I have now and I have since i was 15. Maybe I was a spoiled child, but is it really necessary to judge?
On the other side of this coin, however, I have a friend who just returned from Iraq because his extremely wealthy parents wouldn't even pay for his college! Making your kid earn the money to buy a car is one thing; sending them off to war because you want them to "work for their own way" is a bit over the edge, IMO.
I agree totally. I just find it interesting that people are so quick to judge and assume that this kid is one of the unappreciative ones. Ya just never know.
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RE: Spoiled kids.
First off, that car looks like crap. Secondly, I'm a spoiled child, and I know it. I appreciate everything I have, and I take care of it. I know that may not be enough to you guys, but whatever. Let's talk about cars, not how children are raised.
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RE: Spoiled kids.
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I agree totally. I just find it interesting that people are so quick to judge and assume that this kid is one of the unappreciative ones. Ya just never know.
I agree totally. I just find it interesting that people are so quick to judge and assume that this kid is one of the unappreciative ones. Ya just never know.
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RE: Spoiled kids.
ORIGINAL: Bingo
First off, that car looks like crap. Secondly, I'm a spoiled child, and I know it. I appreciate everything I have, and I take care of it. I know that may not be enough to you guys, but whatever. Let's talk about cars, not how children are raised.
First off, that car looks like crap. Secondly, I'm a spoiled child, and I know it. I appreciate everything I have, and I take care of it. I know that may not be enough to you guys, but whatever. Let's talk about cars, not how children are raised.
Speaking of CARS, did anyone notice what appears to be a 60s-era Camaro in the background of picture #3 in the original post?
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RE: Spoiled kids.
Yes, did I studder? It looks like crap. I'm not a fan of the wheels, the roll bar is distasteful, and I don't particularly like the foglights. Besides all that, I don't like convertables. You need to simma down nah.
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that is spoiled... i mean i got this car and tehy're helping for now,but i have to pay them back- and also if i wreck it we arent losing a piece of history. Those old hot rods and such are not readily available 