you know what, i feel that the parents need to bear a huge chunk of the responsibilities for making their children the selfish self-centred adults they became later. the parents are simply too giving, and that makes the child wanting and wanting without considering giving back anything, to them, its a natural thing for parents to satisfy their needs. I have a fren, a guy who is already 32 but is constantly broke, dont even have money to pay phone bills and burst credit limits, but he is not a bit worry about his dire financial state, because he can always fall back on his parents like he always did.. sad right? but who to blame? someone once said that kids are like clay, they take the shape of your moulding.. so the more you love your children, the more you should instill right values in them..