Lots of stuff doesn't always equal spoiled ...
okay, hands up, my kids have got loads (and loads) of stuff. All the usual gadgets. Piles of toys. Plenty of clothes. Their Dad and I work bloody hard to pay for the lifestyle. We do not have any credit cards.

But, and it's a big but, they're not spoiled. They get pocket money, sure, but only if their assigned chores have been completed and a proper job done. If they want something outside of birthdays and Christmas, they save up their pocket money. Most of the "stuff" it has be said, was their Dad's idea. Growing up, he had the square root of fuck all, and consequently, is determined that the kids will have a better time of it. The gadgets were all Christmas presents with the exception of the Wii, which was a "Mum got a muckle great bonus and treated the whole family to a Wii" type thing.

One of my eldest daughter's friends is constantly moaning that she doesn't have as much "stuff" as mine. But that's cos her Dad's in the nick as opposed to knocking his pan in for 50 hours a week to bring home a decent wage. She alleges that my girl is 'spoiled' whilst draining her mother's limited income with a £35 a month contract phone. We go halfers on a £10 top-up with our lass every month. If it runs out, tough! This is just one example, and this lassie proves that you don't have to buy kids a load of stuff to be spoiling them. Her mum apparently speaks two languages, but is incapable of saying no in either of them. She is allowing a 14 year old to set her own curfew, to dictate when and what they eat, she demands that every spare penny comes in her direction (to the detriment of her younger brother) and is a foul-mouthed little harpy to boot.

Last week was a prime example. I wasn't well, so my eldest immediately offered to make the dinner. She then helped her little sister to wash the dishes and even helped with her homework. All without being asked. Probably because she's been brought up to appreciate what she's got. The week before, her friend's mum had been ill. Madam demanded (and got) her mum's credit card to order a pizza then refused to share with her brother. Her mum had to drag herself into the kitchen to make the wee soul something to eat.

I agree that there is nothing more annoying than people who are completely and utterly spoiled, but it's not just the rich who spoil their kids, and kids who have a lot are not automatically spoiled.

/rant

*dons fireproof clothing*

*sits back in anticipation of a right good flaming*
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:53, 17 replies)

err
Who cares? :)
(plonker, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:56, closed)

Lets see here
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I take it from these stats that this is someone who doesn't understand the concept of QOTW. Why don't you fuck off until you do and can contribute something useful.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 20:39, closed)

the only flaming here
is when I torch the gobby little shit that is her friend
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:57, closed)

I'm tempted
to send you her address ... but her dad's due home from the "Big Hoose" soon and he's a scary bugger. He might find out I was involved.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:08, closed)

B3tans!
We make the best parents :D
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:12, closed)

trust me
I wouldn't
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:15, closed)

No...
I wouldn't trust you with kids either...
( Cawl, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:16, closed)

not after that incident
with the guillotine and class 5b
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 16:07, closed)

Their will be no...
...flamewar from me. Kids need to hear no every now and again and have it reinforced.

Youve got to have a child first who you teach and then when they grow up then you can have a friend.

Nice post though!
(Grove is the collector of WOO and hoarder of YAY, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:15, closed)

Having lots of things
and being spoiled are not the same thing.

If you have lots of things but appreciate how hard someone has had to work for them then you are not spoiled.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:19, closed)

Clicks ...
Sounds like you are doing a grand job ;-) I'd say can you be my Mum but she does a good enough job!
(Biff..., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 16:11, closed)

my nipper
Most of his clothes and toys are hand-me-downs from his cousins, or stuff that relatives buy him.

Luckily they all have good taste so he usually looks pretty funky.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 16:19, closed)

muckle
'knocking his pan in'

'halfers'

'the wee soul'

'a right good' (flaming)

god i miss scotland - and yes it is very bonny indeed

:(
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 20:39, closed)

*Exposes nipple and offers hand to shake from under her knee*
Would the terms fanjo, farking and wine o'clock mean anything to you?
(Cryptoprocta has abandoned the username of Voodoo Mary, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 22:37, closed)

agreed

I also grew up with the square root of fuck all, and I'll be damned if my kids ( wavy lines into the future, when I have them) will grow up with the same.
(goorf, Tue 14 Oct 2008, 7:04, closed)

"Mum got a muckle great bonus"
I've never had a muckle great bonus - I'm lucky if I can pull in a few mickles.
(ragged, Tue 14 Oct 2008, 11:39, closed)

As for the flaming...
... My PC mouse seems to have spontaneously combusted. Been clicking this a bit too furiously, I'd guess.

Such a shame, I can't really think of any answers to this week's QOTW. I haven't met many spoilt brats in my life, and my parents always made sure me nor my siblings would become one.
(Obsidian, Tue 14 Oct 2008, 14:31, closed)