Murphy's Minute for Radio Station 93.3 - 2002

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TOO MUCH MONEY?

You ever wonder if you give your children too much? Maybe the way you lavish them with money is teaching them bad lessons about the value of things.... See which of these statements apply to your kids to see if they have it too easy:

1. To speak to your son you have to page him in his room for him to call you back from his cell phone.
2. Your car is 5 years older than your daughter’s
3. You barely have any spare money to buy a music CD while your kids have enough to invest in Bank CDs
4. Your kids had to explain to you.. about Enron.
5. You say poTAAto, they say poTAHto
6. When you park close to Sears your teenagers ask if they can hide in the trunk.
7. When telelmarketers call your house, they ask for you son.
8. You daughter has an opinion on Alan Greenspan.
9. You kids have a different pair of shoes for every day of the week.
10. Mary Kate & Ashley are jealous of your children.
11. Your son now asks for his allowance in Eurodollars ... (and lastly.... )
12. Your Visa Card.. Gold.. Your daughters’ ... Platinum

If any of these statments hit you as true, you could be raising over-compensated children. After all, it’s difficult to scare a child who has their own checking account. The answer just might be giving less money and more you.