Kids Are Spoilt
Excessive materialism makes children spoilt
Nowadays, you often hear older people say ‘These kids today – they have everything’. Of course, they are referring to material goods such as clothes, electronic equipment and so on. Is it true that today`s young people are spoilt by having too much given to them? To begin with it would be worth focusing on what do we mean by a spoilt child. A short description could be as follows undisciplined, manipulative, and unpleasant to be with much of the time. He does not follow the rules, does not know the difference between his needs and his wishes, insists on having his own way, makes unfair or excessive demands on others, does not respect other people's rights. Taking the features into consideration I would say that to a certain extent they are caused by excessive materialism, meaning giving too much to children, of their lenient and permissive parents. First of all, kids are not spoilt by just having and gaining a lot of different things such as MP3`s, mobiles and fashionable clothes, but by their parents and other members of the family who are giving them everything want they want when they want it. The reason some parents are too lenient is that they confuse the child's needs with his wishes. They do not want to hurt their child's feelings or hear him cry. They may choose the short-term solution of doing whatever prevents crying, for instance, buying different things, which, in the long run, causes more harm to the child. Second of all, the parents should teach their children that in the real life they will not always get what they want without any effort. Kids become spoilt because they always get what they want without any work. The children could be praised for good behavior, following the rules and at the same time learn to do things for their own reasons like self-confidence and a sense of accomplishment. The parents may teach their children that they can have different things but only when they work for
Nowadays, you often hear older people say ‘These kids today – they have everything’. Of course, they are referring to material goods such as clothes, electronic equipment and so on. Is it true that today`s young people are spoilt by having too much given to them? To begin with it would be worth focusing on what do we mean by a spoilt child. A short description could be as follows undisciplined, manipulative, and unpleasant to be with much of the time. He does not follow the rules, does not know the difference between his needs and his wishes, insists on having his own way, makes unfair or excessive demands on others, does not respect other people's rights. Taking the features into consideration I would say that to a certain extent they are caused by excessive materialism, meaning giving too much to children, of their lenient and permissive parents. First of all, kids are not spoilt by just having and gaining a lot of different things such as MP3`s, mobiles and fashionable clothes, but by their parents and other members of the family who are giving them everything want they want when they want it. The reason some parents are too lenient is that they confuse the child's needs with his wishes. They do not want to hurt their child's feelings or hear him cry. They may choose the short-term solution of doing whatever prevents crying, for instance, buying different things, which, in the long run, causes more harm to the child. Second of all, the parents should teach their children that in the real life they will not always get what they want without any effort. Kids become spoilt because they always get what they want without any work. The children could be praised for good behavior, following the rules and at the same time learn to do things for their own reasons like self-confidence and a sense of accomplishment. The parents may teach their children that they can have different things but only when they work for