Comments on: Spoiling your child: A sure recipe for disaster

By: Tai Sian Hokkien Pien

Tai Sian Hokkien Pien — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:13:06 +0000

Bad parenting, not bad children.
It is the fault of our society. While it is criminal for anyone to practice medicine without training or certification and we will not allow an untrained mechanic to even look under the bonnet of our cars, our society seems to be happy to allow 2 untrained and often clueless young people, unassisted to become parents to our next generations.
No wonder the human race is in a mess.
Force would-be parents to accept and undergo training if they want access to the children benefits which society now provides.

By: aiyoyo

aiyoyo — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:33:58 +0000

aiyoyo

kids nowadays so good,

last time, think we have food & can study, very good liao

is it because this trend now, so PEOPLE go for many investments??

which lead to so many query on this website?

aiyoyo

By: joyrider

joyrider — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:38:37 +0000

I am sure that are.. .. it’s not just the upper classes that do it… As for never being on public transport.. I myself never set foot on an MRT or bus till i was 12 .That does’t make me spoilt. In fact at times that very fact embarrasses me. It doesn’t mean that just because one grew up with maids and chaufferers around them makes them spoilt.

A lot of kids from so-called ” rich” families are not spoilt, they grew up with lessons in humility. A lot of it comes from their parents and the environment they grew up in. If people are flashy with money they will teach their kids to be flashy with money.
If parents teach their kids the value of money, they will learn.

By: xiloxil

xiloxil — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:55:25 +0000

any examples of poorer people growing up unsympathetically spoilt? just wondering.

By: jun

jun — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:42:58 +0000

i don’t think rich kids are the only ones being spoilt! parents of all classes want the best for their kids, and thus give them all they can afford…

By: loop

loop — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:49:21 +0000

Rich or not, most young children behaves badly nowadays. The rich spoilt their kids & the middle-class & poor do not even know how to teach their kids.

By: rebel peasant

rebel peasant — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:38:41 +0000

I get $25 a week and can survive,so I don’t understand why must parents give so much to their children

By: pugdragon

pugdragon — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:38:08 +0000

$50/week. Are you talking about kids in primary or secondary school? If so, wow… I’m not sure how I am going to afford my children’s pocket money or upbringing cost in the future, amidst rising cost of living, so I’ll skip on having a child.

By: Gilbert Goh

Gilbert Goh — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:31:40 +0000

I think chauffeured kids are in the minority though the numbers are rising.

We may also be guilty of giving too much pocket money to our kids. A fifty dollar note a week seems the norm for most school going kids these days.

Our kids do not know how to plan their finances nor the value as they do not have to earn it.

Many grow up overspending or going for the get-rich-fast schemes such as stocks and shares.

It is time parents teach their kids how to plan financially.

By: T T Tan

T T Tan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:35:19 +0000

I concur with what was written,a very good read. I will forward this to my friends.

By: hongjun

hongjun — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:16:29 +0000

Very well written piece of article.