Quote Originally Posted by Shagaroo
Geez... My kid is 10 and he already works for his cash. I don't mean making up his bed and stuff either. Yard work and stuff at our house and my parents house. Him and his buddy are already trying to figure out a job they can do to start saving up for Space Camp in 3 years. And I had teenagers in a bid war to cut my yard before I got my riding mower a couple years ago. I'm not use to kids not understanding work.
You need to move out to ultrayuppieland... Kids don't work, they just get whatever their rich little hearts desire.

When I was a wee lad, I really, really wanted a Sega Master System. It was $100, came with 2 controllers, the light gun, and 2 games. My parents' response? Save up and you can get one. So I did. And I was filled with hours of Hang On Goodness...

A few years ago, the PS2 came out at $300, which included the box and a single controller, no games. And every damn last yuppie kid had one right away. Parents were clawing and biting and paying hundred of dollars over retail so little Timmy wouldn't have to be the only kid in town with LAST year's playstation.

Hell, if the Walmart didn't have any PS2s when my parents went, I'd get a Speak and Spell instead. My aunt would probably get one of those "16 great arcade games you've never heard of" systems and claim it's the same damn thing.