I watch that disgusting show Sweet 16 on MTV. At first I sort of liked it. But honestly I cant stand it. All these very spoiled kids (most of them honestly there are a few really made to raise to some standards most of them are rappers kids how cool is that?)
As they get fancy cars they just dont need at 16 or even 20 in my opinion and spend hundereds of thousands of dollars on parties it makes me sort of sick to my stomach. So much build up and the kids always have some point where they moan and complaing " I wanna go home this isnt fun" bahahaah!
So I mentioned a while back I asked Derek what he would like to do for his 16th birthday. He said a family trip would be cool. What I would like for him to do and all of us to do on a regular basis is something for the community, the environment on or near our birthday. If each spoiled brat and his/her family spent that money helping to build a home for habitat for humanity or cleaning up a beach imagine what a difference that kind of money could make?
This most important thing we can teach our kids about is the environment and how everything they do is affects the very world around them.
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Did you know that William Shatner sold his kidney stone for $75,000 and got his cast mates from Boston Legal to donate collectively another $20,000 and they donated the entire $95,000 to Habitat for Humanity and right this minute a house is being built thanks to him thinking that some wierdo would buy his kidney stone on the Internet (and they did; actually a company did, I'm sure they knew it would be for charity). Imagine that. We can make a difference, all of us, little by little and bit by bit.
I like it. I like the idea of doing something for the community around birthdays. We will start it.
Jenn
Great topic! I blame those parents mostly for how those kids have turned out. Did you see the belly dancer one? All that father wanted was for her not to cry, so he gave her everything, including the $3000 her mom saved on cheaper center pieces. Even having money, if they would have taught her right from wrong, to have character, to be respectful, and to treat others like she would want to be treated, these girls wouldn't be walking around saying, "oh they will all be so jealous of me" or "I want my car now!". Truely sickening. But I couldn't stop watching it....I hope I get to see another one.
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