Newly rich celeb parents spoiling their kids?

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 08:59AM #1

1. Beyonce and Jay-Z: Little Blue Ivy is the proud owner of an $80,000 diamond-encrusted Barbie doll, a bathtub decorated with Swarovski crystals, and even a $3,500 Lucite crib!

2. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: Shiloh was lucky enough to get a skate park for her eighth birthday, right in the backyard of the home that her parents once shared.

3Jaden and Willow Smith? It's like they are on another planet!

So with the quad bikes as toddlers the ponies at 5 etc. How are these kids going to be easily impressed with the world at age 15?

Nothing will be NEW to them. No one will be able to teach THESE kids anything.

Is there something you should hold back from giving your kids EVEN if you have the money?

I mean I know your kids to some extent are an extension of yourself and when people look at them they see how successful you are or not and how you look after them. But surely you should be secure enough not to care how you look to others etc?

Are they being ruined?

Or am I just jealous??

am just jealous!

NIMAN · 07-07-2019 09:00AM

You need to get a life!

The Tetrarch · 07-07-2019 09:02AM

Luckily I know nothing about these people or their children.
The names sound familiar but that is about it.

SEPT 23 1989 · 07-07-2019 09:03AM

There is no towbar on a hearse

NIMAN · 07-07-2019 09:05AM

Newly rich?

I'd say all the folk mentioned have been mega-rich for a long time.

Sure as long as it makes them happy they aren't doing any harm.

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 09:05AM

NIMAN wrote: »

You need to get a life!

You gonna pay for that life??

valoren · 07-07-2019 09:06AM

Warren Buffett has the best approach. His adult children have sufficient income to be financially secure but not enough to decide they want to sit on their holes all day doing nothing except dwindling their trust funds. They are able to take care of themselves, learned to become self sufficient which I guess was his point.

I think with the celebs it's a case of peer to peer competition ie if X person got their kid stuff to the value of $1m then their kid must have stuff to the value of $1m + a dollar. Same with billionaires who buy luxury yachts. One might order and get delivery of one that is 120ft long but if another subsequently got on that's 121ft long then the 120ft one, which any sane person would deem amazing, is deemed inadequate. Essentially, for people with money to burn, it all becomes a dick measuring contest.

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 09:07AM

NIMAN wrote: »

Newly rich?

I'd say all the folk mentioned have been mega-rich for a long time.

Sure as long as it makes them happy they aren't doing any harm.

I mean their parents were not. Most celebs aren't born rich.

Obviously some are though. Or marry rich.

And yes I need a life and Yes am jealous!

valoren · 07-07-2019 09:08AM

The Tetrarch wrote: »

Luckily I know nothing about these people or their children.
The names sound familiar but that is about it.

You don't know who Brad Pitt is? Really?

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 09:09AM

valoren wrote: »

Warren Buffett has the best approach. His adult children have sufficient income to be financially secure but not enough to decide they want to sit in their holes all day doing nothing. They are able to take care of themselves which I guess was his point.

I think with the celebs it's a case of peer to peer competition ie if X person got their kid stuff to the value of $1m then their kid must have stuff to the value of $1m + a dollar. Same with billionaires who buy luxury yachts. One might order and get delivery of one that is 120ft long but if another subsequently got on that's 121ft long then the 120ft is deemed inadequate. Essentially, for people with money to burn, it all becomes a dick measuring contest.

True thing is if you give kids money early they usually find destructive ways to spend it.

That is what boarding school was for. Its a small environment to keep them away from **** that can harm them.

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 09:10AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

There is no towbar on a hearse

Im runnin up that hill since 1972!

Atoms for Peace · 07-07-2019 09:11AM

Beyonce and Jay-z are the eptimome of "money doesn't buy you class".

Wanderer78 · 07-07-2019 09:13AM

Rich people, they're kinna boring really

07-07-2019 09:15AM

Paris Jackson turned out ok..

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 09:17AM

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Beyonce and Jay-z are the eptimome of "money doesn't buy you class".

And she actually came from wealth.

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 09:19AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Paris Jackson turned out ok..

WOW! That kid deserves respect!

RocketRaccoon · 07-07-2019 09:19AM

The Tetrarch wrote: »

Luckily I know nothing about these people or their children.
The names sound familiar but that is about it.

Brad Pitt, Jay Z and Beyonce sound familiar?

You're so edgy maaaaaan.

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 09:21AM

There ain't no need to excuse it I am a generic celeb hoe ...im comfortable with who I am!

Jet Black · 07-07-2019 09:30AM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

So with the quad bikes as toddlers the ponies at 5 etc. How are these kids going to be easily impressed with the world at age 15?

Sounds like Christmas in Finglas

The Tetrarch · 07-07-2019 09:35AM

valoren wrote: »

You don't know who Brad Pitt is? Really?

If you put up half a dozen pictures of celebrities I might pick him out, but it would be a guess.
Was he the actor in the poker film Rounders?

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 09:35AM

Jet Black wrote: »

Sounds like Christmas in Finglas

:pac:

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 09:37AM

The Tetrarch wrote: »

If you put up half a dozen pictures of celebrities I might pick him out, but it would be a guess.
Was he the actor in the poker film Rounders?

Matt Damon.

Also known for his role in.....

07-07-2019 09:38AM

Matt Damon

ToxicPaddy · 07-07-2019 09:57AM

A lot of people forget that these celebs rely heavily on keeping their name out there in the public eye in order to keep their celeb status.

These can't be compared to people like Warren Buffet or Bill Gates, who are business men who actually built a traditional company type with an actual product you buy on a shelf.

These are musicians who took it to a new level from just music with showing their wealth and lifestyle and then covering it with bling. Business people don't tend to do that for fear of alienating investors.

Yes Beyonce and the like built brands and a business just a different type which requires different rules and approaches with different types of consumers.

They are now doing the same with their kids, starting the how to play the game young to ensure they continue the life. Make it big, brash and broadcast it to the world, then watch the money roll in.

I'm sure they wouldnt have mentioned just a crystal encrusted doll, nope, it's "swarovski" encrusted "barbie" doll. The brands were probably falling over themselves to ensure they are associated with these people so their PR people probably had the whole thing planned in advance. The marketing opportunities are probably worth 1000 times what it actually cost to get this done.

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 10:16AM

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

A lot of people forget that these celebs rely heavily on keeping their name out there in the public eye in order to keep their celeb status.

These can't be compared to people like Warren Buffet or Bill Gates, who are business men who actually built a traditional company type with an actual product you buy on a shelf.

These are musicians who took it to a new level from just music with showing their wealth and lifestyle and then covering it with bling. Business people don't tend to do that for fear of alienating investors.

Yes Beyonce and the like built brands and a business just a different type which requires different rules and approaches with different types of consumers.

They are now doing the same with their kids, starting the how to play the game young to ensure they continue the life. Make it big, brash and broadcast it to the world, then watch the money roll in.

I'm sure they wouldnt have mentioned just a crystal encrusted doll, nope, it's "swarovski" encrusted "barbie" doll. The brands were probably falling over themselves to ensure they are associated with these people so their PR people probably had the whole thing planned in advance. The marketing opportunities are probably worth 1000 times what it actually cost to get this done.

True.

padd b1975 · 07-07-2019 10:22AM

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Rich people, they're kinna boring really

The British Royal Family are supposed to be the most boring people you could meet.

Akrasia · 07-07-2019 10:49AM

If I was rich I'd use the cash to help my kids achieve something they were passionate about instead of just buying them shiny flashy sh1t

It's not fair to the less rich kids when my children get private gymnastics lessons from olympic gold medalists and guitar lessons from Jimmy Page
But fukc it.

I would have loved the opportunity to be a race car driver or race in the Fastnet Yacht regatta but I had to make do with the local gaa club which was all that was around and all we could afford.

ILoveYourVibes · 07-07-2019 10:55AM

Akrasia wrote: »

If I was rich I'd use the cash to help my kids achieve something they were passionate about instead of just buying them shiny flashy sh1t

It's not fair to the less rich kids when my children get private gymnastics lessons from olympic gold medalists and guitar lessons from Jimmy Page
But fukc it.

They rarely make it all the way. Not that it isn't a good idea to do that. Keep em out of trouble

Guy:Incognito · 07-07-2019 10:58AM

Ponies and quad bikes? They must feel like they are living in some estates in Dublin.

Edit. Bah, beaten to it.

RhubarbCrumble · 07-07-2019 11:01AM

It's not even about the kids being spoiled. Sometimes it just the way they're shoved in the public eye continuously before they can even walk. The Beckham kids are a prime example of this.

I admire Kate Moss for the way she brought up her daughter Lila. I have no idea if she spoiled her or not, but I like the way she kept her out of the public eye until very recently now that she's older (16 I think) As a child she was never paraded in public and photos of her had to be blurred out in the media. Lila had the chance to be a child and to have a normal childhood as opposed to be someone just used to promote her mother.

dirkmeister · 07-07-2019 11:22AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Matt Damon

Thanks for that, I’m going to be saying “Mehhttt Dehhmonnnn” for the day. :-D

Newly rich celeb parents spoiling their kids?

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