No, it's really not my sweet 16, that happened just a few years ago...it's a television show on one of the music chanels where extremely wealthy, spoiled, horrible children have these birthday parties that costs 100s of thousands of dollars. It's one of those shows I'm not able to really just sit there and watch because it makes me so angry. No, I'm not really angry at these monstrous, horrible children that throw fits when their mommy or daddy won't pay $100,000 for a new diamond necklace for them, or when they get mad at their parents when they gawk at the price of a car that is roughly the price of a nice house in Kansas City, Missouri, that their little darling wants...I am angry at those parents. I can understand why a lot of parents who grew up extremely poor would want their children to have EVERYTHING they didn't have. I can understand that. BUT at what expense. These children have no compassion, they have no sense of decency, they only have material possessions, nothing else. If they lost all their money, there would probably be a whole host of suicides or insanity.
These kids throw tantrums and tirades until everything they want is handed to them on a silver platter. I know if this was out when I was a child, I would have felt extreme sadness because I grew up pretty poor. I had to work for everything I got but I really didn't want that much. I was thankful for everything my mom and dad gave me. When I got a new stereo (although it wasn't a top brand), I thought it was the best gift in the world. I remember buying one of my first 8 tracks by The Knack and listening to My Sherona over and over, it was the best feeling that I had bought it with money I earned mowing lawns (yes a girl mowing lawns back then) or babysitting. These kids in this kind of show will never understand that. OR the day I paid off my old Chevrolet Impala. I remember being so excited that I had paid it off and told one of my wealthy friends who said, oh really? I pay cash for all my cars...HA, I said - you mean your DADDY pays cash for all your cars. ugh. Anyway, I just felt so relieved and happy...
BUT I hear now they have a show called EXILED. These are some of the most spoiled (if you can imagine) of the Sweet 16 shows that the parents probably got so much criticism that they have decided to send their son or daughter to an IMPOVRISHED country and make them work. I personally think it's a great idea. They can see others who have nothing and that they are able to live and be happy. But what is so funny is NOW the parents are trying to show some discipline. Well, I hope it works. I hope one of these children have some spark of love or compassion for their fellow human beings. I guess we can just see...
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