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The 12 year old Shopaholic... - Channel 5
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I did a search and seems there is no thread on the show.
Is anyone watching this?
A show about spolit kids.
Doesn't help them in later life , they will grow up thinking they can get their own way. Doesn't teach them work ethic or responsibility at all.
I did a search and seems there is no thread on the show.
Is anyone watching this?
A show about spolit kids.
Doesn't help them in later life , they will grow up thinking they can get their own way. Doesn't teach them work ethic or responsibility at all.
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I've seen it in action many times. Adults unable to budget or to put need ahead of want.
I am wondering the same.
When that kid earlier was counting all that money.
No need for a little kid to have so much. Creating memories with your family is better than material stuff.
Reminds me very much of my neighbour who argues that giving her son everything he wanted as a child didn't spoil him. She was the only one who couldn't see him for the brat he was. She's still paying his day to day bills now that he's in his fifties and she's on a pension.
Tom Selleck.
Mommy & Daddy won't be around forever and i hope if they are going to spoil their future kids they realize they have to earn that money they want to spend first.
How could they - they will end up trying to buy their friends as they get older.
I have seen it myself
I felt like smacking that 14 year old whose mum had to hold down four jobs to keep up with her spoilt kids lifestyle. Had to laugh when this brat decided to take on a paper round job and her poor mum had to drive her round and even delivered some of the papers for her. She isn't doing her any favours.
Everyone wants the best for their kids but some go completely overboard and they only have themselves to blame for making their kids think they only have to snap their fingers and they get they want
Before long the dad from the lower income is going to find himself bankrupt without a house, as it's in repossession.
Why on earth would you buy a horse, they're bloody expensive to keep, and leave your house carpetless? The mother seemed to one of the worst idiots moneywise I've ever heard. Their motto may have been if you depart this world owing then you've won ^_^ ( who thinks like that, someone suffers for their debt as we all found out in 2008) but they've a fair few decades yet to live. What are they going to do when they're homeless and nobody will loan them anything.
I somewhat understand the Iranian mother. When you've gone from riches to poverty and back to a decent living it must be scary to know it can go in a minute.
The rest of the spoilt brats went over my head. No way would I work 3 menial jobs so my kids could have everything they wanted. It's not preparing any of them for real life. I pity their partners when they grow up.
Only if they're hideously expensive. (and hideous)
This family were on This Morning on Monday talking about the show. According to the mother, she was joking about struggling financially and struggling to afford food. I didn't buy a word of it though and I'm not sure the presenters did either. You could see the panic in her face as she was clearly realising how bad this was all sounding. Philip Schofield actually said to her "you're not just trying to backtrack are you?"
Tragic, children learning so early to shift blame, "I don't force her/him" when talking about their parents.
Even the parents, buying their children's love and simply not taking any responsiblity for themselves "That's just the way I am" etc. Oh yes and so very touching - 'I'm in arrears with my rent but have bought a pony' (Ok I've paraphrased bit >:( ) Just wait till you get the vet bills in
I felt at times the parents really did not know what to do or how to be involved with their children. Seemed as there was no play, no friends, just fill the time in by throwing money at them.
Yes, I didn't have much of a problem with the Iranian mother - they could afford the extravagant gifts, but moreover, the little girl must have worked hard at her music to have earned a scholarship. If the mum chose to spend the equivalent of the school fees on her daughter that's fair enough (even if I don't really understand what on earth a child that age would do with a 2 grand handbag. Mine would rather have a packet of Pokemon cards).
At least you could argue that that girl is learning that hard work and honing a talent can allow an extravagant lifestyle. The others just seemed to be given the message that stuff (expensive stuff) matters. And you will be given it. They are in for a shock.
Can't understand parents getting themselves in debt just to lavish completely unnecessary gifts on their kids. Treat them, aye, but that's ridiculous. They're making a rod for their own back and doing their kids no favours. I remember when I was younger trying the spoilt brat routine: 'Daddy, can I have a pony?' I was given a short shrift: 'Catch yourself on. Are we going to keep it in the coal shed?! Have a titter of wit.' That was the end of that kind of carry on. And rightly so.