Mother's values

I read a question in the paper with a mother wanting to know how to live
in a million dollar house, live below their means, and instill values
she was brought up into her teen son who wants expensive stuff his
friends have.

Honey, you already have instilled your values when you mortaged a
million house, wear name brand clothing, and host expesive birthday
parties. By the way, you do not need to live in a million dollar house
to have this problem of "But my friends have one."

One way to quickly unspoil a teen is through charity. Organizations have
school supply drives, winter coat drives, Christmas toy drives, food
drives, shoe drives, etc. to collect for items for the needy all year
around, not just at Christmastime.

Another way to unspoil a teen is to use the word "NO". When I worked in a fabric part of a Walmart store, I had a lady ask me for help reading the pattern insturctions for items required. She explained she never sewn anything in her life, but she was going to make a dress for her daughter because her daughter saw it on the the display mannequins. I guess the word no was not in this lady's volcabluary. I told her good luck, the idiot was going to need it.

I know it hard for some parents to be unkind to their children from fear
of scaring them for life. I had no fear of refusing my nieces' many requests because they hate me for 10 minutes and love me again when thye are over it. Emotions are not stagnant. We are still very close. Post later. Bye!