The New Yorker has an article on an important demographic shift/problem in America:
With the exception of the imperial offspring of the Ming dynasty and the dauphins of pre-Revolutionary France, contemporary American kids may represent the most indulged young people in the history of the world. It's not just that they've been given unprecedented amounts of stuff—clothes, toys, cameras, skis, computers, televisions, cell phones, PlayStations, iPods. (The market for Burberry Baby and other forms of kiddie "couture" has reportedly been growing by ten per cent a year.) They've also been granted unprecedented authority
http://m.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2012/07/02/120702crbo_books_kolbert
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