No parent intends to spoil their kid, bottom line. But as circumstances, age, and love would have it, often it turns out the opposite. Especially when it’s not you, but other parents, family members and friends pointing out that your mini-me is badly behaved. How dare they call that little angel that way!
So today, we are diving into a series of real-life quasi-horror stories about “spoiled brat” kids from people who encountered them. From babysitters to school teachers, here are some of the most shocking and eye-opening examples of just how treating a kid too indulgently and letting them get away with anything backfires against you.
And you know how it goes: spoiled kids grow up into spoiled adults, or some grown-ups act like they were spoiled kids. Of course, we are all kids at heart, but hey, rolling on your back in Wal-mart for not getting what you want from life when you're 30+ (or wanting to do that!) is probably a no-go.
Scroll down through the stories below and be sure to share your thoughts on the subject matter in the comment section!
#21
I lived in Russia and worked for a very wealthy family. The four year old had very clearly never been told “no.” The first time I did, he threw a full scale tantrum for four and a half hours. He was a monster (though not to me once he understood I had all the time in the world for tantrums, and definitely wasn’t going to give in to one).
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65points
In the end, any parent wants their child to grow up into an independent, responsible adult. That can’t be done if you continually spoil them by showering them with whatever they want, and by letting them get away with anything. “Develop resilience by letting them figure out their own issues (up to a point!)—if they have an issue in a playground, for example, observe from afar to see if they can sort it out themselves before bowling in,” Lynn concluded.
#22
I work at a summer camp and we had a 12 year old come in after his birthday. He got a brand new Iphone that had just come out, His mom was a nurse and was always stressed to all hell when she came out. The mom came in to tell the kid she got him a case for his new phone, he asked what kind it was, and the mom said it was an all black otterbox. The kid then berated his single mom, that works day and night shifts, with a mentally disabled 6 year old, who had also just bought him a $600+ phone, for buying an "ugly and old woman case". For a solid five minutes, I have never looked at someone with such disrespect, I wish I could've done something for the mom.
I hope she's doing okay, she had a lot on her plate and she deserves a good life.
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64points
#23
My little brother. He has a PS4/Xbone, gaming PC with two monitors, laptop, smartphone, TV, Netflix subscription. He gets every game he points at. He’s 11 years old...
58points
#24
My mom used to run an in-home daycare. One kid named Jackson did lots of horrible things for attention, but here are the 3 worst. (He was like, 5 or 6)
1: Break a TV by throwing his backpack at it. 2: Bit his little sister hard enough to break the skin (she was like 2 or 3) 3: a year after we stopped babysitting him, we heard from his mother that he had stabbed his father with a pocket knife and they had to go to the ER.
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57points
#25
Going to high school with the son of the owner of a large TV company. He thought he should be allowed to sit alone in the classroom surrounded by unfilled desks. I had the "privilege" of sitting in front of him and was constantly harassed with attacks from his ruler and pens if he thought I was even remotely leaning back.
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56points
#26
In high school, girl turned 16, parents gave her a new bmw with the understanding that the live-in maid would use it once, maybe twice, a week to get groceries/run errands. Unacceptable! A week after her epic tantrum she had a brand new Land Rover.
In college, there was a serious party girl (drugs/alcohol),she goes out one night with her car (think it was a Land Rover). Can’t find it after a night at the bar. Tells her parents it was stolen, G-Wagon replacement. Turns out her car wasn’t stolen it was parked in a lot across from the bar, not the one adjacent to the bar. Oh well, she had two cars at school for the next two years...
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55points
#27
I started working part-time when I was 12 to save for a car. By 16 I had $7k saved up. I bought myself a used Pontiac G5 Coupe that I was very proud of. At the same time, a popular girl in school turned 16 and her dad bought her a brand new Mustang GT. She ended up crashing it in winter that year...
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53points
#28
My cousins. On my sisters 7th birthday my cousin called her to say happy birthday. My sister began telling her about the awesome party she was having later that day. My cousin was upset she couldn't go, so my Aunt put her on a plane that day and arranged for a driver to take her to our house (Uber was not a thing). They are upper middle class but by no means rich enough to be doing that kind of stuff.
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49points
#29
Some kid (like 11 years old) that got an iPhone 8 for Christmas and she was like "I was expecting the iPhone X
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44points
#30
A kid I was a nanny for in the US: she threw the biggest fit over the fact, that her parents gave a backpack to charity. She got a new one just a month ago. She had a friend who got everything she wanted. No matter what price.
I was so appalled. I usually work with kids who have so little and who don’t act like that.
But they were just spoiled brats tbh.
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44points