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Originally Posted by oraf7 Do you give your teen daugher or son everything they want and if not do they whine? |
NOPE, and YUP!!!
We live quite comfortably, and I do not have a job outside of the home. My kids have everything they need, and then some. They know, if it isn't clothing or food, the standard answer is "we'll have to discuss it as a family, and see". They don't like that answer, usually, but, too bad. We're the parents here, and we pay the bills and make the rules. We're trying hard right now to show DS that just because someone "appears" to be rich, really doesn't mean they are. The older he gets, the more it sinks in.
I'm pretty sure we won't be buying our kids a car when they start driving. If they get one from a relative, well, I think I'd make them share it. We'll have to cross those bridges when we get there. My kids know, save your money, because there will always be something newer, hotter, greater, whatever, that will come along. And, if you save your money for things, you will be SO ahead of the game.
Not sure if that helped or not, but, basically, NO my kids don't get everything they want, but, that's how it goes.