Suri Cruise isn’t an average three-year-old because the parents are superstars and very, very rich and she gets to see the world with them. I am sure that her parents love her very much and spoil her like every other parent, but, surely, the following are a little over the top:

-the rumor is that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have spent a total of $3 million on Suri’s wardrobe. This is probably a highly exaggerated figure but even a small proportion of the amount is a staggering amount of money.

-Suri carries an $850 purse. This is pretty extravagant even for a 30-year-old let alone a three-year-old. She has been seen carrying a mini version of the Salvatore Ferragamo Sofia Handbag, the adult version of which retails for $1850.

-Suri wears lipstick and high heels.

The question is: Would you spoil your little girl like that, even if you have the money?

It seems to me that as parents we have gone much too far in letting children make decisions they should not be making, doing things that they should not be written and buying them things that are totally unnecessary. If this is seen as a gesture of appeasement, we are surely failing our children as parents. Where are the values that we should inculcate or the sense of responsibility that we should be teaching them? Surely, “easy come, easy go” is not exactly the best way to bring up children to be responsible and caring adults. Emergency cash loans exist to support you in times of need, but many parents avail loans just to feed their children’s fancies and whims.

Consider some more products for children:

-Deluxe oral care kit for babies without teeth, which includes such frills as an angled mirror. Surely, millions and millions of babies manage to grow teeth without a fancy 8 piece kit.

-Fake fur bedding with fleece or satin for babies that wet beds. As if this concept were not outrageous enough, the bedding can only be dry-cleaned.

These products would not be available if the manufacturers did not see a market. Surely, it is about time that some form of sanity returned to the bringing up of children.