Do You Spoil Your Kids?

Last year when my kids won the spelling bee I gave them each $100 as a reward (it was also tax return time so we had the money to do this). I was amazed at how well my daughter shopped. She really wanted a hoodie, but when she saw the prices she changed her mind. She ended up finding one on clearance and got that instead, along with a pair of boots and a purse and some scarves. She really made that money last. I was really proud of her bargain shopping abilities. My son didn't do too badly with his money either. We don't have a lot of money to get them a lot of stuff, so they generally do appreciate the little things they do have and don't often ask for much.

My kids had to earn half of what they wanted. We never just gave them anything.

My daughters are not kids anymore, but I don´t thing that they were spoiled. We gave them all the love they needed, but material things are something else.

My sister grew up getting everything she wanted even if she was rude, my dad loved her so much and he spoiled her. Today, she barely talks with him, she work hard for what she get and she is a teacher in school. She is studying for a second degree and I help her with reading English and translate the articles that she needs to learn. She is not spoiled, but, she has some learning disabilities so, she get some help. I'm not sure if she gets too much, but, I did one of her assignments totaly by myself. Maybe she is a little bit spoiled, but, I love her very much. She has value for what she works for, she has value for family relation and friends. I think life also teach us a thing or two and even if our parents spoil us when we are children, we can still grow up and become responsible, we can learn to value things. One thing is for sure, spoil also has the meaning of corruption. When we spoil someone, it can corrupt him. It can reduce his discipline, his will power, his ability to postpone satisfactions... Think about it before you give your children a candy.

No, I do not spoil my children, it is for training them so that they know that life is not easy. Not all their wishes will I meet, it is for training them to be patient and steadfast face something hard. Although we desperately want to keep them happy, but it was not good for their mentally in the future. Children will learn from the circumstances in childhood to mature in the future ...

our children are some what spoiled we do buy them some things that they ask for that are expensive so long as they take care of it.

My children have managed to be spoiled even though I never had money to buy them what they wanted and most things have come second hand. I guess I was a talented mother, or they were very clever.

I try not to spoil my kids, although there are times when I give in more than I should. It's something that I do need to work on.

mine are all grown and i should have thoughtt hat way when raising them. now its a bit to late.

yes i agree with you about that,i havent get married yet,but if i have children,i dont want to spoil them even if it seems very hard to do that

You know my brother tried that when they were toddlers, they end up being a bit spoiled. I was surprised they let them scream for hours before, like my eldest nephew and they are never spank or anything. But recently my brother had been very strict with them and gives them advice, remind them to be at their best behavior all the time.

You are correct. My father and mother is so strict and I can see the difference of our lives now from our cousins was spoiled by their parents.

Not all the time but sometimes i do accept their wishes.

dont ever spoil your kids... they gonna use to it and than their life will be more dificult

I had no children, so I do not have grandchildren. Most of the kids in our days are spoiled kids.

I spoil them with love, but don't generally have money to spend on them.