my kid is dying for an ipad

[eyi526]

9 years old? You gotta be kidding. Echo what wpd7 said.

My thoughts exactly. What would a 9 year old need with an ipad anyway? It's just something he saw that daddy has. Kids want everything, that's what they do. Every commercial during their shows comes with a "OOO I WANT THAT!" Take note of it, and come Christmas or birthdays he may get one of them.

Say no. Or do you want the kid to be spoiled?

i could keep quoting these types of replies, but i'm sure you got the point by now.

 

[QueBert]

if he's willing to sell his computer to get it, let him. If you don't he'll whine like crazy all the time to play with yours. I'd bet being 9 he'd be more happy with an iPad then a Mac Mini any ways.

 

[alkemyst]

most people bitching about a 9 year old getting something as trivial as an iPad were neglected as kids or grew up poor.

wtf is trading his computer for the device about, this barter town or something?

Jesus...

 

[jlee]

most people bitching about a 9 year old getting something as trivial as an iPad were neglected as kids or grew up poor.

wtf is trading his computer for the device about, this barter town or something?

Jesus...

Hey if $500-600 is "trivial" for you, I'd appreciate you buying me one.

thx.

 

[alkemyst]

you are not my kid, but you are a cop I believe.

Here in Palm Beach County they get a base of about $50k and most are making about 2x that.

On $100k a year + all those yummy benefits I would hope dropping just $500 on your kid would be trivial.

 

[zerocool84]

if he's willing to sell his computer to get it, let him. If you don't he'll whine like crazy all the time to play with yours. I'd bet being 9 he'd be more happy with an iPad then a Mac Mini any ways.

There's no way a kid should have something as expensive as an iPad especially with it being mobile. He'd probably break it.

 

[SunnyD]

I tried telling him that but he doesn't care. I also informed him that we will not be buying him another computer, he will just have to use mine or my other son's laptop

You should have just stopped there. Period.

 

[shortylickens]

You need to stop spoiling your kid. The fact he thinks he needs this or deserves to have it says a lot about your parenting up to this point.

 

[gorcorps]

You need to stop spoiling your kid. The fact he thinks he needs this or deserves to have it says a lot about your parenting up to this point.

Oh fuck off, no it doesn't. Kids (humans in general) instinctively want things... it's natural. Kids see shit on TV and think "oh I want that" regardless of if they're spoiled or not, same with things they see their parents using. It has nothing to do with his parenting style. Quit being such a fucking prick.

 

[BassBomb]

i didnt eeven get a gameboy as a kid, dont expect my kids to be running around with whatever the popular electronic device of the time is

 

[zerocool84]

Oh fuck off, no it doesn't. Kids (humans in general) instinctively want things... it's natural. Kids see shit on TV and think "oh I want that" regardless of if they're spoiled or not, same with things they see their parents using. It has nothing to do with his parenting style. Quit being such a fucking prick.

If a kid never gets something it won't ask for it. It's just like a dog that begs for food at the dinner table. If he gets food from the dinner table every so often it'll wait for it there. If it never has gotten food from the dinner table it learns quickly not to wait for it there.

 

[shortylickens]

Oh fuck off, no it doesn't. Kids (humans in general) instinctively want things... it's natural. Kids see shit on TV and think "oh I want that" regardless of if they're spoiled or not, same with things they see their parents using. It has nothing to do with his parenting style. Quit being such a fucking prick.

Yur cute when you try to sound smart and sophisticated.
:awe:

 

[nsafreak]

Guess it all depends on how you grew up on how you view this question. My parents aren't/weren't poor however I didn't just get everything I asked for. Most of the nicer stuff that I got (some of which I still have) I had to earn by doing my chores thus earning my allowance. And no I didn't get $20-$50 for allowance, more like $5-$10. I don't know what's with kids nowadays I see more and more that expect to get things from their parents without really doing much.

To the op, as has been stated a few dozen times before I would just tell the kid no. I'm reasonably certain that he didn't pay for the Mac mini, so it really isn't his to sell if you ask me.

 

[zerocool84]

Guess it all depends on how you grew up on how you view this question. My parents aren't/weren't poor however I didn't just get everything I asked for. Most of the nicer stuff that I got (some of which I still have) I had to earn by doing my chores thus earning my allowance. And no I didn't get $20-$50 for allowance, more like $5-$10. I don't know what's with kids nowadays I see more and more that expect to get things from their parents without really doing much.

To the op, as has been stated a few dozen times before I would just tell the kid no. I'm reasonably certain that he didn't pay for the Mac mini, so it really isn't his to sell if you ask me.

Pshh you were rich. Didn't even get allowance. I had to pay rent when I was a kid.

 

[alkemyst]

What one should do is look how they turned out. Maybe an iPad would have changed that, think of the children.

 

[jlee]

you are not my kid, but you are a cop I believe.

Here in Palm Beach County they get a base of about $50k and most are making about 2x that.

On $100k a year + all those yummy benefits I would hope dropping just $500 on your kid would be trivial.

lmao, well ok then. Tell the chief to double or triple my salary next time you're in town.

 

[pm]

I have two kids (6 and 10), I make a decent salary, and I bought an iPad.

I will openly admit that at least part of the reason that I bought it was for the kids to use. We have a lot of trips this summer - we are on one of them right now as I write this on my iPad from Bozeman, Montana - and I'm tired of the kids borrowing my iPhone and then draining the battery playing games. I could have bought an iPod Touch or something else, but I wanted an iPad for myself anyway.

Still, the iPad is mine. The kids use it as much as I do, but fundamentally it is totally understood in the family that it's "Dad's iPad". So if I want it, I get it. If I say "ok, enough Plants vs. Zombies, kids. Look out the window like we did when I was a kid" then there's no complaining (well, not much). It's a priviledge to use the iPad not a fundamental right.

If my kids wanted an iPad, I'd laugh and say "yeah, right, keep dreaming" but if they want to play with an iPad, I'll let them use it.

 

[Rottie]

trade your ipad with your son with his mini and see if he changes his mind then give his mini back to him.

 

[vshah]

trade your ipad with your son with his mini and see if he changes his mind then give his mini back to him.

not a bad suggestion... but don't let him use the mini/other computers while he's got the ipad

 

[itsmevader]

Get him a local Ipad from Chinese online stores. They looks same and comes at extremely cheaper rates. At least he will shut up. 🙂

 

[kalrith]

most people bitching about a 9 year old getting something as trivial as an iPad were neglected as kids or grew up poor.

I love it when people grow up poor and then say, "I'm going to make sure my kid has it better than I did." So, they shower the kid with all the things they didn't have growing up and don't make the kid work hard for things like they had to. Then they wonder why little Jimmy turned out to be a spoiled brat with a sense of entitlement in every area of his life.

 

[alkemyst]

usually has nothing to do with the gifts and just their piss poor upbringing.

 

[Childs]

Guess it all depends on how you grew up on how you view this question. My parents aren't/weren't poor however I didn't just get everything I asked for. Most of the nicer stuff that I got (some of which I still have) I had to earn by doing my chores thus earning my allowance. And no I didn't get $20-$50 for allowance, more like $5-$10. I don't know what's with kids nowadays I see more and more that expect to get things from their parents without really doing much.

Heh..allowance. I was allowed to live. My mom made me collect cans if I wanted actual money.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

I think you did the right thing. Let him learn how ownership works. Even if the Mac was originally given to him -- whatever, it's apparently his now, so let him sell it and see what kind of money he can get, and then figure out how to come up with the difference and get the iPad. If he's disappointed with the iPad, then it'll be a valuable lesson about how shopping impulses don't always work out. He can re-sell it and figure out what to do with his leftover money again.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

I love it when people grow up poor and then say, "I'm going to make sure my kid has it better than I did." So, they shower the kid with all the things they didn't have growing up and don't make the kid work hard for things like they had to. Then they wonder why little Jimmy turned out to be a spoiled brat with a sense of entitlement in every area of his life.

I think you just summarized US history from about 1930 to present.