My Super Spoiled Sixteen! Would you let your kids get away with all this?
By vivasuzi
@vivasuzi (4127)
United States
January 7, 2007 10:46am CST
Yet another Super Sweet Sixteen marathon is airing on MTV as another reminder of how spoiling your kids turn them into brats. Don't get me wrong, if they have the money I see no problem with them having a huge party - I would do the same. My problem lies in the way they act - as if they deserve to get everything they want and their parents are jerks if they don't do it.
This show teaches kids that if you aren't getting your way, you should whine and cry and pout until you do... b/c the parents DO always end up giving the kid what they wanted, even if they say NO WAY. Another method to get what you want seems to be to go behind one parents back and convince the other parent to say yes! That's a good one isn't it?
So if you were rich as heck, would you allow your kids to get away with the whiny, yelling, sometimes even swearing attitude that most of the teens on this show have? I certainly wouldn't. I WOULD cancel the party if my teen talked to me like that! I don't even know if I'd let my kids watch this show, let alone act like that (unless my kids are mature enough to know they better not mimic these spoiled teens)
Thoughts? Similar Experiences? Particular things you've seen on the show that you can't believe? Discuss!
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5 responses
@prismrainbow (107)
• United States
7 Jan 07
I haven't watched this show but have watched a similiar show a couple of times - "Daddy's spoiled little girl". Sounds the same - whiny teenage girls with rich parents getting anything they want.
My son has occasionally asked, "If we were rich, would you buy me ______ ?" I tell him that just because we were rich, we wouldn't be spending our money foolishly and that he also would have to work for it. I doubt we'd ever have to worry about this though unless we win the lottery. hehe.
Even so, it is scarey to think what our youth is learning (or not learning) when everything is just handed to them. Someday, their parent's money might not be there for them anymore. How will they survive in the real world?
@vivasuzi (4127)
• United States
8 Jan 07
I don't know how they'd survive! They should make a reality show where they tell Paris Hilton her daddy's cutting her off and she needs to get a real job (and actually needs to do it and not just make fun of it). Now that I would watch!
What bugs me the most about these spoiled brats is how they expect massively famous ppl to come to their parties - and they usually don't. Why would eminem go to your random party? Oh well, I will probably let my kids watch this show (if it's still on by then!) but I'll make sure they know to laugh at these girls instead of admire them.
@prismrainbow (107)
• United States
8 Jan 07
Yes, that would definately make an interesting show. Some of these people/kids don't know what "reality" really is.
@marissaj07 (402)
• United States
7 Jan 07
Absolutly not! If my kids were yelling and screaming about what they want, I would make them work towards it. But if they had a good report card, then I would let them pick out one thing they want.
@vivasuzi (4127)
• United States
7 Jan 07
Yep, I believe in rewarding kids for hard work no matter how much money I have. My kids will be raised the same way. I won't be rich (no way!) but I also won't just give them anything they want, they'll have to work for it. Thanks for your thoughts :)
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@starr4all (2863)
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8 Jan 07
I can't believe how most treat their parents! And the parents let it happen! No way would I let my kids treat me the way these girls do! My husband watches the show, hoping for at least one time some girl gets put in her place. That won't happen though.
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@vivasuzi (4127)
• United States
9 Jan 07
Yeah I know. I always wait for the one time the party is actually cancelled (As the parents always threaten), or someone throws cake in their face or something!
However, none of this happens because I see what these parents are up to. They don't give a crap what their kids do b/c they want to be on TV showing how much money they can throw around. I bet all they want all their rich friends to sit around watching the show and see how much money they can waste on their kids.
@kareng (59167)
• United States
8 Jan 07
Oh no way I'd want my kids to watch that. Mine are older now but if I had small kids to teens then forget it. I think shows like that stink. It doesn't give kids the right kind of morals and really goes against any good upbringing a kid may have at home.
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@vivasuzi (4127)
• United States
8 Jan 07
Yeah it makes me think my kids won't be watching MTV til they are teens or later! I watched this show and laugh at it with my mom, so maybe I'd do the same with my kids so they can learn what NOT to do. Like the person above said, we'll probably never have to worry about raising spoiled brats unless we win the lottery - which won't happen for me since I don't buy tickets! Thanks for your thoughts :)
@groomtobe23 (635)
• United States
8 Jan 07
Most of the time when I watch that show, I end up disgusted with everything that happens. I really cannot believe what some of these kids are able to get away with, and how they feel they are entitled to the richest parties that money can buy. It would be scary to see what some of these girls are expecting on their wedding days, when they are getting this spoiled for just turning 16.
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@vivasuzi (4127)
• United States
9 Jan 07
That is so true! A lot of the guests at their parties will say "This is better than my wedding will be!!" and you know what, it is more expensive than my wedding will be but that doesn't make it better. If I had all the money in the world, I don't see how inviting a few hundred "popular" people to my party would make me feel cool. I've always been better with my smaller group of friends and family, and I have more fun that way.
Don't worry though, no one will marry these girls ;) Once they see the show they will be too annoyed to put up with them!
