Mom Confession: I Spoil My Kids. Got a Problem With That?
My kids aren't spoiled brats...They're just spoiled.
I'm not sure why people have a problem with it. Why do other people care if my girls have nice things? As they get older, they are asking for more expensive and nicer things, which they get if they have good grades and do what they are told. What is wrong with that?!?!
I'm sick of people commenting on the fact that my daughters have many things that other children do not. Sure, they're lucky. But if you have the financial means why not reward your children for their good behavior and for their hard work in school? I understand that not every girl gets the "Super Sweet 16" that they had and not every girl has access to an extensive collection of Christian Louboutins and Chanel dresses. But why is it anyone else's business how we spend money?
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I want my daughters to experience things I didn't at their age -- like traveling the world. Some people think that I spoiled them by taking them to Europe. They wanted to see where the Holocaust took place, where the Berlin wall was and where the king lived in Versailles. What is wrong with that? When I told someone they were spending their summer before college (hopefully Yale, Harvard and Princeton *fingerscrossed*) volunteering to teach children English in Tanzania I was told "you just foot the bill for any vacation don't you?"
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I don't get any of it...my kids are grateful and thankful for these experiences. Why not let them have the best of everything if we can afford it?
As long as my kids aren't bratty (they aren't), I don't see any problem with spoiling them.
What do you think? Do you spoil your kids?
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