I fear we may have created a bit of a monster in DS5. I don't mind spoiling him. There isn't much that he goes without.

However, it seems that DS has a huge sense of self entitlement. He has no issue with breaking toys, his or my things. He doesn't care, just tells me that we can buy another. He doesn't care if toys get taken away from him, he will wait it out until they return or ask for another (he doesn't get it )

He doesn't respect his toys. Perhaps its an age thing? I don't know.

his attitude stinks lately, he will behave atrociously and then demand to get something (lolly, toy etc - he doesn't get it)

I bought some toys today for a Christmas drive that the school is holding (they had to be new as they are being sent away or something otherwise it would have been our usual pick one of your toys, must not be broken, must be something you play with and given that - not that he really cares with that either) and he took them and tried to hide them so he could keep them and play with them.

Anyway I told them they were for the poorer people and that we were giving them away, they were not for him. To which his reply was "dont they have parents? Can't their parents just buy *them* something?"

I'm trying to reinforce that being a brat will not get you want you want and if you can't respect your things then you get nothing else. I also want to help guide him in the right direction, that its wonderful to be so privileged to have such nice things, but that there are people out there that don't get these types of things and it is a good thing to give them something meaningful to them.

I think I have created a bit of a monster without meaning to