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Proms – A Spendy
Extravaganza
by David J. Bredehoft
“Once a dance, prom has ballooned
into a spendy extravaganza of lavish limos, dinners and parties.
Prom night is huge, price tag’s gigantic” states the front page of
the Minneapolis Star-Tribune headline (April 30, 2005)!
Web pages such as PerfectProm.com,
PromSpot.com, and Promsnet.com are fueling this industry by creating
an aura surrounding proms which elevate these events to the same
status that weddings once held. They suggest in order for your teen
to have the “perfect prom” plans have to be made months in advance
and MUST include: Tickets, prom dresses/tuxedos ,
accessories, a boutonniere/corsage, photographs, getting
hair/nails/make-up done, renting a limousine, and dinner plans and
after prom parties.
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Parents Just
Want to be Friends by David J. Bredehoft
Ian Pierpoint of Synovate, a market research company,
recently surveyed 1,000 parents who lived with children ages 12 to 30, and
an additional 500 children in the same age range in the US, UK and Canada.
Pierpoint found that:
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43% of parents say they want to be
their child’s best friend.
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40% would buy their children
everything they wanted if they could.
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37% would prefer their kids at
home at ALL times because they want to protect them.
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Millions can make our children happy
With all the crazy reality television shows from "Laguna Beach," a show that
tapes the dramatic and overindulgent "real" lives of teenagers in the Orange
County, to "Sweet Sixteen," a program that focuses on the over the top, out
of this world parties and presents parents give their darling little
16-year- old, it is no wonder that today's youth seems obsessed with making
millions of dollars at a young age.
According to an article from CNN.com, 80 percent of 18-25 year old place
getting rich at the top of their goals.
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