2008.03.12
Spoiled Kids
There’s something very weird about living in an affluent society… Kids are too often raised to expect they will get whatever they want. This gives them a sense of entitlement and the kids take things for granted. Frankly, most kids I know (and this is just my perspective) seem spoiled and selfish.
Which is why seeing this video was so heartening. This boy is utterly the opposite of everything I described above. “You mean it’s mine? To keep? Forever?” And when he tries to give his parents some money I, a grown man, had a tear in my eye. Absolutely awesome.
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3 Responses to “Spoiled Kids”
- Synnove says (March 13th, 2008 at 02:57:12 )
I’m stewing on my rant. I wasn’t as impressed. And actually turned it off the first time I watched due to dad’s reactions and tone of voice. More later.
- Synnove says (March 18th, 2008 at 03:01:33 )
ok….i was wondering if anyone else would comment. I agree with your statements that a lot of kids are selfish and act entitled, however, I do not feel this video shows the ‘ideal’ child. I saw a child who had asked for the game (probably pestered) and was convinced, by the adults, that is was way beyond their means. (note the wide screen tv mounted on the wall and surround sound speakers.) The child looks about 10, Halo is a game rated Mature. I ask myself for whom is the game really purchased. On first watching I turned off the video when the father yelled at the child to not tear the box. (I saw/heard a intimidated/cowed child.) On a different note…I have issues with video taping stuff with the family because I feel it removes the person who is taping from the activity. Maybe if the camera had been stationary and the family was sitting with the child I would have been ok.
- jon e says (March 26th, 2008 at 11:39:16 )
Well it was moving to me… and whether the kid asked for it or not his concern for the cost to his parents was more than his greed for the item itself. If you had listen then you might have heard that the father mentioned that the boy had a couple of rough birthdays before one included a broken collar bone. Hell he probably went through that with a grace too if it stayed in the parents memory as a positive thing they wanted to reward him for. Or how about the sisters reaction she wasn’t jealous or nagging or even comparative with things she got in the past for her birthday. She was genuinely interested in and for her brothers happiness.
Well I guess its like a rorschach we see what we want or need and its only a reflection of our own state of life. I like the general goodness of it and I am a cynic in most cases. But I like to believe there is still some innocence still out there or at the very least some gratitude for getting something from somebody.
