AFFLUENZA A Modern Disease

SYMPTOMS OF AFFLUENZA Experience a lack of motivation to do work Exhibit extreme materialism Laziness Overindulgence and need for immediate gratification Have a delusional sense of self-worth and entitlement Display insularity and snobbish behaviour Experience low self-esteem (the “everyone else has one!” plea for new items) Suffer from ‘Failure To Launch Syndrome’- an inability to live on their own and accept consequences for their actions

Affluenza If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, help yourself out now. Don’t spend any more money on unnecessary items like cell phones. You don’t need to buy those new shoes, and certainly not the latest iPod. Get outside, go for a walk, enjoy the beauty that the real world and what nature has to offer. Is This YOU?!?

SPOILED v. INDULGED Spoiled: this is a situation in the relationship between a child and parent in which the child gets what they want and there is no benefit for the parent Indulged: explains the situation in which the child gets what they want but the parent also benefits in the exchange

Why do Parents spoil/indulge their kids? Middle class parents over the past two decades have lavished their new found wealth on their kids because: The parents themselves feel they were deprived as kids and need to make up for it The parents are living vicariously through their children (think hockey moms and dads!) Parents are trying to reduce a deeply felt guilt about not spending enough time with their kids (the classic ‘buy their love’ syndrome) They have an abundance of wealth

What kind of adults do these Affluenza affected kids become? These kids develop the same mentality as people chronically on welfare such as… These kids are at a much greater risk of depression and other mental health issues These kids are prone to substance abuse issues These kids sometimes find it difficult to hold down a decent job These kids will often experience a life characterized by a sense of worthlessness

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