How much is too much?

I thought that our kids got things they didn't need, like TV in their rooms and a car as soon as they turned 16. That was over 30 years ago, and now t hey are overindulging their children with 3 times as much stuff. Where does it end?

I do believe that children these days are getting things too young. My my children, of course I'm not expecting alot out of my youngest as she is only 16 months. As for my 3 other children they are 5,6 and 7. They wont get a cell phone until they are at LEAST 13. They dont have tv's or computers in their rooms either. I dont even allow them to use the computer, from time to time and by that I mean maybe twice a month for 20 minutes if their lucky and that's to play games. Game systems they play usually once a week for about an hour and as for the TV that's about 2 hours a day. They spend every day outside for 2-6 hours depending on the weather. I expect alot out of my children. They all have chores. By having them they make my children much happier and more respectful. They do dishes, vaccum, laundry, clean their rooms, sweep and clean the counter tops. They enjoy it, for now any ways. They are always eager to help out and when they dont do their chores they are much more of a handful.

I think we give children things like you mentioned to early now yeah. Especially when we give them to them when they are too young and not mature enough to look after them and end up breaking them.... really we should be thinking about it before giving it them instead of getting mad at our kids for breaking them quite so much, obviously we need to show them that looking after things helps them last longer and not to break them but can't fully blame them because we shouldn't give them thn should we.

Yes, as much as I hate to admit it, even my own children act like this. I don't know what to do about it to tell the truth.

HI, I do believe in kids growing up, they actually need to spent more time with parents rather than parents use money to satisfy them. I do see some parents buy lot of things for their kids especially those computer stuffs just to keep the kids occupied and they don't really spend much quality time together. Actually the kids need more of parents' attention and care instead of those material possession. For me, I personally would like to spent more time with my son. I love playing with him, we do colouring and writing together, we just enjoy having fun together.

Yes, as soon as kids know how to talk and fend for themselves, you should take more of a role in giving them errands to do. Also, make them respect you. One way to achieve this is by making them correct what they have done wrong and also saying sorry when something gets way out of hand. If you just leave them to their own world, the kid will think and act as if the whole world was for themselves. Its not the best idea to let them freely roam the house without any responsibility. Trust and respect are important qualities for children to have.

I have a nearly eight-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son and though I did fall into the trap of spoiling my children rotten when they were very small, I'm not doing that now and I think that they are much better people because of that. I expect my daughter to do chores at the house to try to earn a little bit of money of her own such that she can buy things on her own. I also take the time to explain to the kids the reasons why we aren't able to get everything that they would like to have all the time.