You know when I was young (admittedly a while ago) my girl friends and I wanted to be different than everyone else. While everyone was doing drugs, we made the dicision to be drug free. What ever was the fad, we figured out an alternative and went with that. Actually we had a great time. and had lots of friends because we had no prejudices.
Do any of these kids do chores for their allowances. Maybe then it would be more meaningful to them. Or better yet, start a savings account, then they will not have to worry about what their friends have to say.
You know when I was young (admittedly a while ago) my girl friends and I wanted to be different than everyone else. While everyone was doing drugs, we made the dicision to be drug free. What ever was the fad, we figured out an alternative and went with that. Actually we had a great time. and had lots of friends because we had no prejudices.
You should read the whole article through. Some kids do chores. Some kids do zilch. And some kids are making $$$ running afterschool poker games, troubleshooting computers, selling black market smokes (this is NYC, remember) and event-managing weekend parties.
Truth is zanier than fiction (esp. in the Big Apple).
Most of these kids are being groomed to either be future leaders or to marry future leaders. This is no joke, they shuttle from school to ballet to tutors, to organized sports and then to after school activities. Figure $30,000 a year for the private school, plus another $1,000 a month for tutors and sports, etc.