You reward your kid if he or she does something well, right? I mean, the kid brings home a great report card, and you purchase some gizmo on his or her wish list. Perhaps if the kids graduates with straight As and gets into a major university, a good used car is in order. So far, makes sense I hope.
So, why does a kid, perhaps as young as 11 or 12, one who does no home work, gets mostly Ds and Fs, is always getting in trouble with the school and probably doesn't help around the house get rewarded with a $300 i phone/ i pod or some such? What message are parents sending? Being a total screw up is good, makes the old man proud?
Then, naturally, having something fancy to play with all day reduces what little motivation the kids still has. It comes down to, "I can't multiply 4 times 5, but I've got 300 apps.
The sad thing is that the school principal is legally forbidden to slap the shit out of the dumb ass parent.
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