"MEAlston" wrote in message
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I think it started after WW II..returning GI's seeking a blissful retreat
from their horrific experiences over Europe. Soon to follow was the
Korean
conflict...the Cuban Misslie Crisis, the British Invasion, Drugs,Sex &
RocknRoll, then the Kennedy assasination... the Vietnam era...IMHO..it
seems
that parents were dealing with a fear-factor of a government two-stepping
left and right on Capital Hill, -and parents wanted to spoil their
children
out of that fear. It's understandable in a sense.
I hope my rambling isn't found offensive.

In my room growing up, I had a transistor radio, my pellet rifle, a
barbell
set and a 10g w/airstones, a rocker and two dogs. I had my household
choirs
for allowance and every summer cutting yards for the neighbors. Wait..the
fish were spoiled too..best I can remember!! I think the tap water was
better back in the '60's as well. My local water, back then, was so pure
that it didn't require ANY treatment until it became law.


I think it depends on what kind of spoil you do, and how your children
handle it, I also think people do it for several different reasons, kids
today are very different then years ago..
My husband lost his mom shortly after he was born ..from cystic fibrosis,
her family blamed him, he had it hard growing up, so he thinks its his job
to make sure our kids are happy, I think because he was not, We always laugh
because every one fusses over our kids, they are so sweet, they will do
anything for you, they have such good manors (which is hard to find these
days) now lord knows they don't always act that way at home, and we always
say send those kids to our house (we sometimes lock our selves in the
bedroom to get a brake lol), but we are glad they know how to act out side
the house, all three are high honor roll students, two go to the gifted
center, and all in all they are good kids, If at any point these things
would change like their grades or behavior, all their things that we work
hard for them to have would be ripped out from under them quickly, but I
have to say they do choirs every day, do homework before they go any where
and both older ones play sports and have practice five days a week, so they
are good kids we don't mind spoiling them because they do what we expect of
them..
Nik