Raising a well-rounded child is always a conundrum. I can't speak from experience, but I imagine it would be particularly difficult to keep your teenager grounded if your family is affluent. Teenagers are inherently entitled, but imagine throwing a couple million dollars in their bank account along with the latest iPhone– it's a recipe for a Franken-child, hellbent on the social annihilation of those around them who are less-fortunate.
But as a parent, how can you mitigate their unchecked superiority complex? One upper class dad found the perfect way to keep his daughter's feet on the ground…
For those of us who are childless, it's tough to imagine the challenges of raising a teenager who has 100% access to the Internet and social media at all times on their phone. As a turnkey kiddo myself, I had a flip phone until I was a senior in high school and even that little T9-texting machine made some waves socially. Nowadays, kids are completely feral online and using their phones to hide so much more shenanigans than we could ever imagine. That phone is the lifeline to their social life.
Because of this, the phone is a critical piece of leverage in every parent's arsenal. When your kid is acting up, perhaps they don't need so much time online to stew on their socials. But what would you do if you found out that your kid was not only misbehaving, but was quickly becoming the mean girl at school? If you learned you were raising a real-life Regina George, you might think twice about all of the other financial privileges that your daughter has access to.
In our next story, one diligent dad found out that his daughter was turning into the school's biggest monster bully and decided to take a stand by flexing his authority a little bit. Scroll to read more about the controversial choice and the Uno-reverse that lead u/LearningParenting215 to address his spoiled child's shortcomings, after he found out that his daughter was making fun of the poor girl at school.
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