A Guilty Parent Makes for a Solvent Kid

Kids always have “pester power” at their disposal when they want their parents to buy them something. In saner times, the parents resist. But something has changed of late, suggests a Datamonitor report. Children now stand a better chance of getting their way because they can exploit the increasing fund of parental guilt. Why are parents feeling more guilty? Because they’re spending less time with the little ones. The epidemic levels of divorce, says Datamonitor, mean millions of children can pursue a divide-and-conquer strategy.