Elementary School Daughter Given a 4 Million Won Bag as a Gift... Sigh Over Claim It Is Needed for Economic Study

Bought an Over 4 Million Won Luxury Bag After Business Trip
Netizens Debate, Majority Hold Negative Views

Netizens have mixed reactions to a father's story of buying an expensive luxury bag for his elementary school child.

On the 22nd, an online community Nate Pann featured a post titled "Is buying a backpack worth over 4 million won for an elementary school child an act of love?" The author, A, explained that there was a dispute after her husband returned from a business trip with a luxury bag worth over 4 million won for their fifth-grade daughter. A said, "I absolutely cannot understand a father giving a bag worth over 4 million won to a young child as a gift," adding, "I couldn't accept giving a luxury item to a child already, so I took it away and hid it in the car so the child wouldn't see it."

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A tried to persuade her husband by saying, "There is no way to give this bag to our daughter," and suggested, "Just resell it or give it as a gift to the youngest sister-in-law instead." However, her husband countered, "It's about teaching her economics in advance," and asked, "Why is raising a child to like expensive and good things a bad thing?" He continued, "Money is earned by those who need it," and "She needs to understand the value of money to grow into someone who earns money." The couple's opinions did not reconcile. A insisted, "How is giving a bag worth over 4 million won to an elementary school child love or instilling economic awareness?" The husband explained, "I don't want my daughter to live in poverty, wrapped in philosophies or frugality."

Netizens who saw the story responded with comments such as, "An expensive bag is a perfect target for crime," "His vanity is projected onto the child," "Are you planning to raise a child who goes bankrupt from extravagance?" and "If parents want to support their child for life, raise them that way." Some netizens also commented, "If you have the means, it doesn't matter at all," and "Using good things from a young age is also an experience."