Spoiled Rotten

James Joyner · Tuesday, September 7, 2004 · 3 Comments

Newsweek has conducted an exhaustive study and discovered that, if you constantly buy your kids expensive things and refuse to set boundaries, the kids will will be unappreciative and demanding.

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About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.

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jen says:

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 17:08

I don’t know why I’m still amazed at the studies that are conducted to prove what common sense will tell us. Sheesh.

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Jay says:

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 20:13

Common sense? I thought we learned this musically from the Oompa Loompas.

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Herb Ely says:

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at 08:49

Next thing we know they will discover that regularly eating dinner with your teenagers improves grades and reduces behavior problems. After that we will find that church is good for children. See my posting for links on these two discoveries.

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