Will our kids be dumb and broke?

[tyler811]

Well maybe

Sorry cannot seem to locate the thread that is realated to.

 

[ViviTheMage]

depends if everything is handed to them or not.

 

[meltdown75]

obligatory bleeding heart out of the woodwork, checking in for duty

 

[GenHoth]

No.

Well, my kids won't be. I can't really comment about yours.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Our kids? No, because we won't have kids.

Your kids? Maybe, depends on how you raise them.

My kids (if I ever have them)? I will do my best so they don't.

 

[CPA]

Dumb - 1 kids (failed kindergarten, c'mon boy are you serious?) 😛
broke - 1 kid (hell, he's already in debt to his sister)
dumb and broke - 1 kid (just won't get it into his thick teenage skull)
neither - 1 kid (my sweet, smart baby girl. It's no wonder we both look alike, think alike and like the same things)

Just goes to show how different kids can be. It also shows how much harder I am on the boys than the girl. 😀

 

[HannibalX]

When I was a kid my high school taught students how to make a budget and keep a balance sheet in Home Economics. I?m not sure students are offered that class anymore. We are too busy bribing students with X-Box and PlayStation to do well on their State Exams so the Superintendent can get his yearly raise and can run for Senate touting the amazing test scores.

Edit: Fixed for 0diN so he can untangle his panties.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
When I was a kid we were taught how to make a budget and keep a balance sheet in Home Economics. I don't even think kids get that class anymore. We are too busy bribing them with X-Box and Play station to do well on their State Exams so the Super Intended of schools gets his yearly raise and can run for Senate...

When you were a kid, did they have English classes?

 

[ballmode]

Kids today are dumb and have no patience. I know I teach them.

 

[HannibalX]

I just woke up, no coffee yet. 😛

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
When I was a kid we were taught how to make a budget and keep a balance sheet in Home Economics. I don't even think kids get that class anymore. We are too busy bribing them with X-Box and Play station to do well on their State Exams so the Super Intended of schools gets his yearly raise and can run for Senate...

When you were a kid, did they have English classes?

silence, SuperNintendo Chalmers.

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Our kids? No, because we won't have kids.

Your kids? Maybe, depends on how you raise them.

My kids (if I ever have them)? I will do my best so they don't.

That pretty much sums it up right there. Kids today are different from that of yesterday but so is the world they are growing up in. I doubt the difference in terms of financial success and intelligence will really change that much.

 

[Ophir]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
When I was a kid we were taught how to make a budget and keep a balance sheet in Home Economics. I don't even think kids get that class anymore. We are too busy bribing them with X-Box and Play station to do well on their State Exams so the Super Intended of schools gets his yearly raise and can run for Senate...

Wow. At least you didn't call him Super Nintendo.

 

[her209]

This generation has already spent enough that our next three generations will be paying for it.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: her209
This generation has already spent enough that our next three generations will be paying for it.

Well hell, if we are screwing over 3 generations, what's one more gonna hurt?

The problem isn't 100% to blame on the spenders, look at the companies that promote this kind of spending. Credit Card companies, auto loan companies and mortgage companies all used predatory practices to get people to buy stuff they can't afford. All in the guise of making more profit for them at the cost of 100,000's of people. There does need to be some type or corporate accountability when practices such as offering low rates on credit cards are offered, but if you are late on a payment not linked to that credit card account they can jack your rates to the maximum amount and fuck you up the un-lubed butthole.

Luckily I live with the mentality that if I can't pay cash for something I don't buy it, aside from Home and Vehicle, which 99% of America can't just drop a stack of money on at one time.