just because someone buys expensive things for their kids doesn't mean that their kid is spoiled. spoiled means one has no appreciation for the value of things and just expect them to be given to them. While i don't think that nolan's parents should have gotten him the car as a means of teaching him a life lesson of how to work hard for things, based on what he has posted, he does not sound like he has been spoiled.
spoiled is like ruined. you have NO appreciation. You just EXPECT, and when you dont get what you want, regardless of what it is, it is not acceptable. he sounds like he appreciates what he has and is not spoiled. do i think he should have payed at least half of the car? Yes. but do i think he is spoiled because is parents bought him a car? no.
and our car isn't really that outrageously expensive. i see kids driving fully loaded altimas and accords around, and those cost just as much, they just don't have good taste.
there are a lot of parents out there that are, for some reason, inclined to buy their kids nice cars. However, they usually wind up buying them some safe boring *** car for a lot of money that has "My parents picked this out" written all over it. I think its cool that his parents at least got him what he wanted instead of arbitrarily buying him some boring family sedan.
The fact of the matter is, anyone here, who wasn't abandoned by their parents at the age of six, owe their parents for helping them to be where they are. Whether they bought you a nice car and everything you want, or put food on the table and gave you a place to sleep. To anyone here who was raised by wolves, and then entered society and became successful entirely on their own, i commend you. If you weren't, just accept that different parents do different things.
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