Fucking materialistic and ungrateful bastards....

Has to do with the level you were raised / your parents income etc. Personally I was raised in pretty standard, no huge worries, I think average income household.

Given the people you posted the pictures / screenshots of, I think most of them are from above average income households. I did not get a car, I mean wtf. Honestly I envy them that they have such worries in their (mainly) very young age. Not because it's materialistic, it's nothing but pure luxury not to have to worry about anyhting else than not getting a car for christmas.

It all comes down to certain standards you have. You can't tell your kids to value a single dollar, flip every dollar around, to watch if you spend 2 or 5 dollars for something while you drive a car for 100k and got a 200m² flat. If you think you can do this at comparable circumstances like I mentioned, you're fooling yourselve.

Basically I started similiar with small work, house cleaning, garden work etc. Trust me, I went from fuckin highflying to broke once back already at a very very young age, and I know the value of money. But you can't raise your child in a luxus environment and expect it to value a single dollar same as a child in 3rd world would do.
 


Lukep is right. Attention and socializing your kid at an early age will build a fantastic foundation as they grow up.

I see it here everyday. Kids that are raised by maids instead of their parents are just not anywhere near the same level.

The only problem i have are grandparents, they love to spoil, and believe me i've tried to ask them not to and explained why but they still bring home shit everytime they go out.
 
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Has to do with the level you were raised / your parents income etc. Personally I was raised in pretty standard, no huge worries, I think average income household.

Given the people you posted the pictures / screenshots of, I think most of them are from above average income households. I did not get a car, I mean wtf. Honestly I envy them that they have such worries in their (mainly) very young age. Not because it's materialistic, it's nothing but pure luxury not to have to worry about anyhting else than not getting a car for christmas.

It all comes down to certain standards you have. You can't tell your kids to value a single dollar, flip every dollar around, to watch if you spend 2 or 5 dollars for something while you drive a car for 100k and got a 200m² flat. If you think you can do this at comparable circumstances like I mentioned, you're fooling yourselve.
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That's true but I believe you can teach them, man I mean one fo my first jobs was to help a farmer yank out weeds in the fields. I have done all kind of manual labour. MY father is def way above average income but he also taught me to value the $, and most importantly to be grateful for what I got and for what I receive.

You have to start at a very young age with stuff like that, as soon as the kids can walk and hold something in the hand the same time. Make them clear the kitchen table, its all about those baby steps of work that you have todo to receive your weekly/monthly money as a kid.
 
Piss poor parenting, plain and simple. Their current social standing has nothing to do with their attitude. My family was "wealthy" by American standards by the time I was 6. My parents owned restaurants. Despite them having very nice things, I still managed to learn the value of a dollar. It was because they involved me in the business from the age of 8 on. I bussed tables, washed dishes and made pizza's. By the time I was 16 I was doing the books, counting the drawer and I knew what a tax burden was. They made sure I knew where the money actually came from, how hard they worked to earn it and that they had to work even harder to keep that money.

The problem is their parents make a great living but shield them from the realities of how hard that living is to make. They don't tell them what they had to do to earn that dough. That's the difference. You make kids work for the things they want and all of a sudden they don't want so many expensive things. When you come home and hand it to them on a silver platter they will never be satisfied, never. Everyone has infinite desires, and those parents are doing their kids a dis-service by not teaching them that you have to earn your dreams and desires. I can guarantee not one of those kids has even cleaned their own bedroom.
 
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Piss poor parenting, plain and simple. Their current social standing has nothing to do with their attitude. My family was "wealthy" by American standards by the time I was 6. My parents owned restaurants. Despite them having very nice things, I still managed to learn the value of a dollar. It was because they involved me in the business from the age of 8 on. I bussed tables, washed dishes and made pizza's. By the time I was 16 I was doing the books, counting the drawer and I knew what a tax burden was. They made sure I knew where the money actually came from, how hard they worked to earn it and that they had to work even harder to keep that money.

The problem is their parents make a great living but shield them from the realities of how hard that living is to make. They don't tell them what they had to do to earn that dough. That's the difference. You make kids work for the things they want and all of a sudden they don't want so many expensive things. When you come home and hand it to them on a silver platter they will never be satisfied, never. Everyone has infinite desires, and those parents are doing their kids a dis-service by not teaching them that you have to earn your dreams and desires. I can guarantee not one of those kids has even cleaned their own bedroom.
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THIS....
 
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