Primary schoolchildren spoilt by their parents can cause disruption in the classroom by repeating manipulative behaviour used at home, a report says.

This is (in my eyes) most definately TRUE!  I see it all around me in class. (BTW, I’m 11!)  The kids whose parents buy them new games 24/7 are the ‘problem kids’.  Two absolutely SHOCKING paragraphs of this article are

It described a mother who celebrated the fact she had been able to get her five-year-old to bed at 1am instead of his previous bedtime of 3am. 

and

It also told of a seven-year-old who smashed up his Playstation in a tantrum, then spent a week pestering his mother until she bought him a new one. 

A five-year-old going to bed at 3 am?  I’m ELEVEN and my bedtime’s NINE-FIFTEEN!  I only EVER stay up that late if I stay over my friend’s houses!  This is a real issue that affects real people.  Good to know the news isn’t all people ranting over telly….