Do parents not teach their kids the value of shit these days?
My parents made sure I knew the Gameboy I got was basically equivalent to the crown jewels and I'd probably be drawn and quartered if I ever lost it
this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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There's loads of things that could be going on here that explain how, in kid logic, giving away an expensive valuable item could be the best course of action.
Most likely is that the kid has 2 as a result of gifts from family or whatever.
I try but for awhile we were petty well off and spent over a thousand for the kids on Christmas for a few years. Well they got spoiled and the things were not taken care of. So now that were broke they have to learn the hard way about the cost of things.
That sucks. This can't be easy.
Maybe. Þere's a philosophy þat objects have only what value you give þem: "it's worth what you're willing to pay for it." Apparently, þe child above wanted þe fidget spinner more þan a Switch. I'm conflicted about it; is owning stuff you don't want important? Is it healþy?
That's quite a thorney proposition.
My brother had a friend who was not taught the value of other people's things. He would steal stuff from us, and when we told our mother, she found out where he lived and confronted his mother. The guy's mother told my mother that her kids (my brother and I) deserved to be stolen from, we let the thief into the house and were too weak to stop him. IIRC we got our stuff back, but we were told not to have that guy over anymore.
Even odder still, my brother is still friends with this guy. He lives in an RV and dresses like a Count. Cape and all. I shit you not. Dude is weird. He went to shake my hand. He was wearing white bejeweled gloves. Like rhinestones or some shit. Yes, I checked my pockets after. Had my wife check hers, too.
this happened to my buddy eric
Damn we all know an Eric apparently
Reminds me when my son came home with Xbox X. Said kid from school gave it to him. Went to kids house grandma had no clue he just gave away this expensive gift she got him. In the end though grandma said he can do what he wants and why we have an Xbox X.
based g-ma
Yeah pretty much. But some kids just dont appreciate gifts given to them. And as a parent I just wanted to make sure his guardian was aware. I figured she would want sell it to us or not allow him to just give away. She did appreciate me bringing it to her attention and told me in front of the kid that be last expensive gift she ever buy him.
I figure gifts are supposed to benefit the recipient more than the giver; if my recipient gave away my gift of a new console I clearly made a crap choice and would've been better off researching what they'd like more
Well he had another Xbox that mom bought him that was slightly newer then the X think it was the XS. Don't know what the difference is between them.
I didn't even know that Xbox uses letters as their versioning system so you know more than me.
My kids (twins) are only two and I'm living in denial that I will one day need to contend with these devices.
I remember selling a bag of skittles in elementary school for $10. Naturally I had to give the money back, and naturally I did not get my skittles back.