It’s a scene that might feel familiar: a child in a luxury car, brand-name backpack, and a schedule that looks more like a CEO’s calendar than a kid’s. From the outside, it seems enviable — wealth, opportunity, privilege.
But psychologists have been raising a red flag about certain parenting trends among affluent families, warning that these “advantages” can sometimes backfire in ways that leave kids stressed, entitled, or unprepared for the real world.
