Rich kids losing stuff to wealth redistribution. OWS rich kids get jacked.

armchair_warrior said:

if they were street smart and grew up poor they would of watch their stuff and watch everyone carefully and see who the thieves are.

Regardless of whether they are street smart or poor, they have one bizarre thing in common: They think sleeping outside is a good way to change the world.

armchair_warrior said:

I disagree if they work in a restaurant and know how hard it is for a working class people, they'll look at people differently.

I think respect for others is best taught by the parents, starting at a very early age. Restaurant jobs aren't going to be enough.

whynot_31 said:

While some experiences do not put kids in "harms way", they are equally pointless. For example, I do not think a upper-middle class, college bound, 17 year old learns anything from working at McDonalds. Nor, does the individual need the money.

But an upper-class 17 yr old would learn the value of hard work and a dollar if his/her parents said "Now that you have a job, I'm not going to give you any additional spending money. You'll have to learn to budget for what you want versus what you earn." But the reality is that few wealthy parents think that way, so minimum wage jobs become superfluous.

And its not impossible for wealthy parents to teach their kids this lesson. I happen to know a family where both parents were wall street bankers. When the two kids reached junior high school age, the parents told them that they would get a sizeable allowance each week ($100). However, the parents were no longer going to take on any responsibility for any of the kids personal purchases including clothing or shoes. If the kids wanted anything, they had to purchase it themselves. The mother told me it forced the kids to think long and hard about trade-offs (IPod vs. designer handbag vs. sweater) and that the parents very rarely had to kick in for extras except in extreme circumstances. Unfortunately, parents like that are the exception and not the rule.