[freebilly]

Verily, verily I say unto you, I grew up in the 60's. There were parents of girls in my junior high school who threw very elaborate, expensive parties for their spoiled daughters. Adjust 1960's dollars to 2009 dollars and you'll discover that the parents spent virtually the same amount.

I've 6 kids and 4 grandkids. I've street cred....

[Sunbunny]

I’m raising my daughter like Cinderella. She gets to dress up sometimes, but she still has to clean the house!

[ga medic]

Yeah, my wife looked at this article and said, “so, what’s new?” In the seventies and eighties there were Calvin Klein jeans, Ferragamo high heals, and sweet sixteen parties. I am getting this all from her, as I was in PR at the time, and the culture is equally indulgent of young girls, but different culturally. People always have treated their daughters like princesses, and probably always will. Other people will say these princesses are spoiled, slutty, narcissistic and self indulgent, just like they always have.

Honestly, I sometimes wish I had the financial means to treat my daughters like princesses. But, they will have to live with only my love and the knowledge that I do the best I can for them.

[Larry Lucido]

Adjust 1960's dollars to 2009 dollars and you'll discover that the parents spent virtually the same amount.

Yeah but then you don't have a catchy headline....