You and your spouse are a wealthy couple and indeed very rich


While on a visit to a premium Apple store in Dubia,your 13 year old child asks for a 24 karat gold Iphone 6 ($8000) for his/her 14th year birthday


As a parent,would you get it for him/her?


Dose the fact that you are wealthy enough encourage you to buy such?

Yes?

Why?

No?

Why?

Give your reasons

*copied from BBCM

I'll gladly buy it because I have the money

Wait lemme search for ma future wife and ask her







#headin to the future

I dey craze? For what? Gold Iphone 6 ko

Since the money is there,.. why not?? what/who am I working for if not my kids

Owo Nii Koko

Wallahi, I no go buy, I rather invest it on the needy...

14 yr old? I don't think so!
If he/she was 18 yrs,I'd probably consider getting it for him/her,

As much as I would want to get them anything they want,it doesn't mean that I'll spoil them rotten.

angieberry:
14 yr old? I don't think so!
If he/she was 18 yrs,I'd probably consider getting it for him/her,

As much as I would want to get them anything they want,it doesn't mean that I'll spoil them rotten.

Is buying them a phone spoiling them?

pet4ril:
Wallahi, I no go buy, I rather invest it on the needy...

Why?

Seuncoded:
Owo Nii Koko

So you're saying yes or no?

No I won't

lampardizik:





Is buying them a phone spoiling them?

Buying a 14year old a phone is not spoiling them but a gold plated iphone is spoiling them rotten. It is spoiling because you are totally skewering their sense of proportion, inundating their tastes with lifestyle choices they know nothing about sustaining. A 14year old can buy a phone for his/her self by doing a part time job or from saving up their allowances and cash gifts but can they reach $8000 that way? I strongly doubt that.

Come on, $8000 for a phone??! That's unrealistic and expensive and why would I get it for my 14 yr old?? Can I even get it for my self??

lampardizik:





Is buying them a phone spoiling them?

No I won't...... I can't spoil my children. I won't expose them to security threat either. Comfort...OK!

angieberry:
Come on, $8000 for a phone??! That's unrealistic and expensive and why would I get it for my 14 yr old?? Can I even get it for my self??

Even if you and hubby are so wealthy?

LordReed:


Buying a 14year old a phone is not spoiling them but a gold plated iphone is spoiling them rotten. It is spoiling because you are totally skewering their sense of proportion, inundating their tastes with lifestyle choices they know nothing about sustaining. A 14year old can buy a phone for his/her self by doing a part time job or from saving up their allowances and cash gifts but can they reach $8000 that way? I strongly doubt that.

So you are saying even if you are so rich and can more than afford it,you will not but it for him?



And since you are that rich,what would be the ideal allowance?

Mariecakes:
Since the money is there,.. why not?? what/who am I working for if not my kids

So you will buy whatever your kid asks for at that age?

Pidggin:
No I won't

Why will you not buy it for them,you have the money so why not

lampardizik:








So you are saying even if you are so rich and can more than afford it,you will not but it for him?



And since you are that rich,what would be the ideal allowance?

It is not a question of if I can afford it but it's appropriateness. It is just as bad as buying a 14year old a car. These kinds of things set up children who grow up and have no sense of proportion, everything has to become bigger than the last or else no joy.

LordReed:


It is not a question of if I can afford it but it's appropriateness. It is just as bad as buying a 14year old a car. These kinds of things set up children who grow up and have no sense of proportion, everything has to become bigger than the last or else no joy.

You would be a great dad,if you're not already one


Cheers

lampardizik:




You would be a great dad,if you're not already one


Cheers

Thanks and cheers.

Ordinary phone armu robber dey chop off person hand to collect am,so imagine if dem sight am with this one, no be kidnap tinz? Well to answer your question, hell to da Nooooooo

Idowuogbo:
Ordinary phone armu robber dey chop off person hand to collect am,so imagine if dem sight am with this one, no be kidnap tinz? Well to answer your question, hell to da Nooooooo

Funny

Even if we literally had all the money in the world.

lampardizik:






Even if you and hubby are so wealthy?

lampardizik:



Why will you not buy it for them,you have the money so why not

I wouldn't want them to be obsessed with material things. There's always a risk factor attached to immaturity and materialism.

Pidggin:

It's risky, i wouldn't want them to be obsessed with material things

Nice

No I will not..
I will let the child know that I have the money and there is a difference between needs and wants
and also assets and liability..
Then he/she will understand why I wont buy it..

If i can afford it -why not?


It shouldn't be about your child "being too young to use the device"... You should be more concerned on the kind of information they would be exposed to; probably while using the device to surf the internet. And as a parent, it is my duty to ensure that they are using the said device for the right purpose (information wise - academically)

My kid will know better than to ask for such, him dey mad?

When some people don't have food to eat, he should work and use his own money to buy it, since he doesn't have sense.

9iceX:
If i can afford it -why not?


It shouldn't be about your child "being too young to use the device"... You should be more concerned on the kind of information they would be exposed to; probably while using the device to surf the internet. And as a parent, it is my duty to ensure that they are using the said device for the right purpose (information wise - academically)

What about the impression you would be giving him/her at that age?

What about the sort of things his/her young mind can comprehend at that age?