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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will your kids be able to accept a steep decline in their standard of living when they are first out on their own?  Or do they expect to be able to have Apple and Tiffany and whatever other name brand you can think of?  I think it's a good test of whether they are entitled or not.  Too bad it takes until college.[/quote]

It won't take until college. The spoiling parents will continue to spoil them throughout college and things will get ugly when the snowflakes graduate, and think that a BA degree entitles them to a starting salary of $100k and an apartment in Georgetown. [/quote]

Is is spoiling because it's something you can't afford?  If DH and I sit in first class, should DC sit in coach with the nanny?  If we want to ski in the Alps, should we send the kids on a separate trip to Ski Liberty?  If I'm in Nordstrom buying clothes for me, do I have to schlep out to Walmart to buy things for the kids?  Will this teach them a lesson?  Just because it's expensive for you, doesn't mean it's expensive for me.  [/quote]

I'm the one who wrote about whether they can take a steep decline in their standard of living when out on their own.  Presumably, they won't be making enough to afford trips to the Alps at age 24 or so.  Are they going to be OK with that?  It's not how much money you have or what you shower your children with, it's whether you raise them with the resilience necessary to thrive in any situation, not just a moneyed one.[/quote]

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