Sweet? Not So Much
So the other night, I caught a few minutes of the most awful reality show I've seen. And that's saying something because I've seen episodes of "The Real Gilligan's Island". Anyway, I was flipping channels when I came across MTV's My Super Sweet 16. Oh. My. God. The part that I saw, the part that I saw before I had to turn it off, involved a dad trying to set up a sweet 16 part for HIS SON at a tennis club with "exotic dancers". The dad actually took his son to a club to pick out which dancers he wanted to dance IN CAGES at the party. Now, they weren't actual strippers, but c'mon. The party is going to cost a LOT of money and the son was giving the dad a LOT of attitude. The son kept on saying things to his father like, "This is my party and we're doing it my way. You can't make decisions about it." Excuse me? Your father is footing the $20,000 bill, buddy. I would have gotten back-handed if I ever talked to my parents that way.I couldn't imagine why a father would take his 15 year old son to pick out dancers. Or why they would throw him a $20,000 party. Or why he would take such attitude from his son. Or why the son had such a sense of entitlement. But then I came to the slow realization that this is how a lot of parents show their children love nowadays. With material things. And the children, knowing that their parents feel guilty for not paying attention to their children, or for working too much or for being too self-involved, take full advantage.
When I see kids today, regular middle class kids by the way, with their new cars on their sixteenth birthdays and their cell phones and their designer clothes, manicures and highlights, I feel a little bit sick.
When my parents wanted a better quality of like for their children, they moved us out of the city to a nice surburban neighborhood with virtually no thugs. We had enough clothes, toys books, whatever. But nothing over the top.
I would want my children to have a good quality of life, but I can't imagine giving my 8 year old a cell phone. Or sending my 14 year old for a $100 haircut and highlights.
I become more like my parents every day. My kids are going to hate me.
posted by DJ Heavy D @ 6:04 AM
2 Comments:
Not to sound too much like a grumpy old lady, but I totally agree with you. Kids today act so entitled, and are so spoiled. I did not want for much when I was growing up, but things weren't as materialistic as they are now. Our culture is so all about stuff and you can see the effect it is having on kids. It is sad.
Plus, I cannot imagine a world in which people get a brand new car for their 16th birthday let alone a $10,00 dress for a $20,000 party!
Did you see the episode with the girl who flew to Paris with her mom to find the perfect dress for her sweet 16 party? And then she went to Santa Barbara even though her mom forbid her to. And then they had dinner on her birthday night and her parents told her she wasn't getting a car because she disobeyed her mom and she burst into convulsive tears at the table. And then her dad bought her a brand new land rover and the total bill for the party including car and dress was over $200,000?!?!? I'm serious.
On a separate note, she's 16 and looked like she had breast implants. I'm thinking her parents have so much money they just encased some cash in in silicone and implanted them. That way, she'll never leave home without it.
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