If these people truly wanted the best for their children, they’d be saving and scrimping and teaching the children to make the most of what they do have, and spending time with the kids teaching them skills, building character, and setting a responsible example — I often wonder how much of parents overindulging children is simply treating the children as one consumption item.
Maybe they could even pull out the stops and let the little darlings waddle a hundred feet to the school bus stop. Every weekday at 3:00, we see caravans of SUV's lined up at the entrances to the various "Pretentia Shores Executive Estates", waiting to take them down the long driveway.
If these people truly wanted the best for their children, they’d be saving and scrimping and teaching the children to make the most of what they do have, and spending time with the kids teaching them skills, building character, and setting a responsible example — I often wonder how much of parents overindulging children is simply treating the children as one consumption item.
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Bingo! What I was thinking but much more eloquently stated.
Twenty-one years of teaching showed me just how much has been lost in terms of parent skills and in terms of values. During my last year in the job, I was counting the days.