Wed, Jun 17, 2009
The Star/Asia News Network
By PATSY KAM
MONEY doesn’t grow on trees. Tell us something we don’t already know, right? But if you look at how some children are spending their parents’ money, you’d think otherwise.
The ‘what I want, I get’ culture persists today and if something gets spoilt or stolen, no problem, just buy another one.
How did we become such an irresponsible society?
‘Much of it has to do with the way parents bring up their children. Some feel compelled to provide what they themselves couldn’t have when they were growing up. Another reason is because in many modern families today, both parents work and spend too much time looking for money. And they end up compensating time with money by spending on their kids,’ rationalises Brandon Liew, CEO of Money Tree Sdn Bhd. The company is a subsidiary of Money Tree Asia Pacific Ltd,…[…]
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