There's a video going around about the "most spoiled child in Britain", and I just had to watch it.
I find this girl completely interesting. There's so much to talk about other than her being plain spoiled.
It's the strangest thing, how a mother spoils a kid so much and they both acknowledge it. I'd think someone at her age that was spoiled would deny that the stuff she buys is unnecessary, but this girl owns the title of "spoiled child". That makes her mature, in a way. I don't think her childhood was completely taken away--maybe even enhanced. I think her adult life will be more cruddy, though. Not only will she have to learn how difficult adult life is, she'll actually have to live it. She can live her life now, but she's setting herself up for a harder life later.
It's a strange feeling. I should feel angry or jealous or annoyed but I don't really know what I feel. She's eleven, younger than me, and I think she understands that money is important, but I'm not sure that she realizes that it's what you do with the money (save it, spend it, share it) that matters.
I would say I was a spoiled kid. I look in my closet all the time and wonder, "Why did I buy that? Will I even wear it? Why are there so many toys in here that I only played with as a kid?" And I feel bad, because maybe if I knew that I was spoiled early on I would've set down the toy or the shirt that I "needed" at that moment. So I'm also intrigued as to why she would want all these things. She said she wanted to be different, and different is great. But if you need material things like clothes and technology to be different, then I don't really find that different. What she really wants is attention and confidence.
Sometimes I look back at my posts and realize that I completely disagree with what I said then. I felt that I was judging people and pushing them to be a certain way more than just giving an opinion. As for this eleven-year-old, do I want her to change? Sure. Does that mean she should? Not exactly. This is her life, and if she's allowing her mom to create problems for the future, all I can do is give other people this advice: Know how much you really want something before you try and get it, because in the end, it might just all blow up in your face.
It's the strangest thing, how a mother spoils a kid so much and they both acknowledge it. I'd think someone at her age that was spoiled would deny that the stuff she buys is unnecessary, but this girl owns the title of "spoiled child". That makes her mature, in a way. I don't think her childhood was completely taken away--maybe even enhanced. I think her adult life will be more cruddy, though. Not only will she have to learn how difficult adult life is, she'll actually have to live it. She can live her life now, but she's setting herself up for a harder life later.
It's a strange feeling. I should feel angry or jealous or annoyed but I don't really know what I feel. She's eleven, younger than me, and I think she understands that money is important, but I'm not sure that she realizes that it's what you do with the money (save it, spend it, share it) that matters.
I would say I was a spoiled kid. I look in my closet all the time and wonder, "Why did I buy that? Will I even wear it? Why are there so many toys in here that I only played with as a kid?" And I feel bad, because maybe if I knew that I was spoiled early on I would've set down the toy or the shirt that I "needed" at that moment. So I'm also intrigued as to why she would want all these things. She said she wanted to be different, and different is great. But if you need material things like clothes and technology to be different, then I don't really find that different. What she really wants is attention and confidence.
Sometimes I look back at my posts and realize that I completely disagree with what I said then. I felt that I was judging people and pushing them to be a certain way more than just giving an opinion. As for this eleven-year-old, do I want her to change? Sure. Does that mean she should? Not exactly. This is her life, and if she's allowing her mom to create problems for the future, all I can do is give other people this advice: Know how much you really want something before you try and get it, because in the end, it might just all blow up in your face.