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Originally Posted by maleficent
A person has to make the most of who they are and what they have, and they have to learn, the younger the better, that money doesn't solve problems, and having someone else buy you something doesn't fix the problem...
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I agree completely, Mal. I was given far too much as a kid/teen and I have had a hard time growing out of that dependency as an adult. I always wish my parents had put me on an allowance and taught me the value of saving money and working hard long ago... (yes, the good ol' protesting work ethic)
... alas, I have a lot of catching up to do. But I don't plan to spoil my own kids in any way... I hope they will learn what I never did.
But how does that all relate to porn?
I suppose even though I wouldn't want to raise materialistic kids, I wouldn't want them to feel like sex is taboo or that they should hide things from me. If they want a girly magazine, fine, we'll talk about sex and the female body and then I'll buy one for them (or their father can do it, if it's a boy). I believe in "spoiling" kids with time/information/knowledge, not things... I think too often it goes the other way.