Is Linus spoiling his kids?

[Gat Pelsinger]

I am astonished in how much gaming Linus gives to his kids nowadays. I know, I am nobody to control him, but still, from their personal setups to the caravan gaming, to server rackmounted gaming, and much more from other video projects, isn't Linus giving too much luxury to his children? I mean, even with me with all the dedication that I have converted from the sadness and anger of not having tech luxury, at the most I would only give my children a small game console in Nursery, an Xbox or PS in 1st year, A light laptop in 4th, a mobile in 6th or earlier, and a gaming PC around sometime. Not TEN of the top-of-the-line RTX 4090 gaming PCs at age 5.

[GOATWD]

1 minute ago, Hensen Juang said:

I am astonished in how much gaming Linus gives to his kids nowadays. I know, I am nobody to control him, but still, from their personal setups to the caravan gaming, to server rackmounted gaming, and much more from other video projects, isn't Linus giving too much luxury to his children? I mean, even with me with all the dedication that I have converted from the sadness and anger of not having tech luxury, at the most I would only give my children a small game console in Nursery, an Xbox or PS in 1st year, A light laptop in 4th, a mobile in 6th or earlier, and a gaming PC around sometime. Not TEN of the top-of-the-line RTX 4090 gaming PCs at age 5.

well he may be but heas a ritch man and wants to make his kids happy i can respect it they dont give spoiled vibes from what i see in the viedos they seem to be raised well so theres not much roung with it 

[venomtail]

I don't think you can compare "Dad I want to play Minecraft" and their dad building them a swimming pool cooled 3080 system to a child demanding their dad build them an i9 4090 build using diamonds. Spoiling a child is usually in the context of rewarding certain behaviors rather than how expensive that reward is.

And in general just too bad. That's the family they're born into and now get to reap all the dividends. As long as the kids recognize the position they grew up in and don't have a "don't you guys have phones?" dilemma when they become adults, all will be fine.

[bezza...]

i mean how do you know what they really get... linus has talked about how restricted his kids time with elecronics is a lot on the wan show

[OhioYJ]

1. Why is it any of your business what goes on in his house?
2. What does it matter what you give your kids, a slow computer or a fast one? 

You should probably not worry so much about things that don't matter at all to you.

[Needfuldoer]

Remember, what you see in the videos is not objective reality. Linus the butterfingers tech tips man is not Linus the person. He's said numerous times that he hams up a character on the channel, and that many of the projects in videos are taken to an absurd degree to make the content more engaging.

 

Balancing fun gaming tech content with structured parenting is a good topic for discussion, but your post just sounds envious.

 

Don't build parasocial relationships with content creators.

[Alex Atkin UK]

On 10/11/2023 at 9:51 AM, Hensen Juang said:

Not TEN of the top-of-the-line RTX 4090 gaming PCs at age 5.

Where did he put 4090s in multiple rigs?  Plus are the kids really going to know the difference between a low-end PC and a high-end PC, so what difference does it make?

 

I had a 3 PC LAN in my late teens using mostly trash PCs, I had a friend who did the same for when his kids stayed over at his one bedroom flat.  The kids didn't know it was outdated tech, them having something their friends didn't have is not a great metric for how entitled they are (at least not in the context you mean).

 

I mean I do think it was telling when Linus did the video where he was sad that "kids wont be amazed at having doorbell cameras", as if everyone now has them when that is far from the case.  Some families decades ago may have had them before it became cheap tech too.

 

But there is only so much we can surmise from tech videos as he is naturally only showing his kids using tech, not what they do 99% of the time.  There's plenty of kids from low income families where the parents let their kids play with smartphones all day which is far more damaging than a wealthy family enforcing screen time.

 

Do I think there is a risk of them growing up a bit entitled?  Sure, because of his entire house and wealth, not what he specifically gives to them.  But we have no way to know what he is doing to teach them that this is not the norm and to appreciate what they have.

 

I've certainly seen on more than one occasion Linus seem somewhat humble by how far he has come, but he is also a tech nerd so in his position I'm sure I'd have done the same with the house going all out on tech, because you can.  But if I had kids I would also try to make sure they appreciate their entitled position and not take it for granted.

[manikyath]

they're a wealthy household, but i wouldnt equate that to the kids being spoiled.

 

from what is visible and linus has said they're a very strict household, and the kids dont look like spoiled brats either.

[ToboRobot]

i try not to judge others and how they live

[Lurick]

Why Litmus-senpai no give RTX 4090 to me?!?!?!

[GOATWD]

11 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Why Litmus-senpai no give RTX 4090 to me?!?!?!

haha

[TylerD321]

Why do you care how another man parents his children? They are getting food, love, and an education. Everything else is trivial 

[BetteBalterZen]

What even is the point of this post? 

Also, you have no idea on how Linus raises his kids. Maybe his kids knows that what the have is not normal and that they really need to appreciate it and take care of their things. I mean, who says Linus won't stop giving things to his kids, if he sees they start to don't care and so on? 

I think you can easily raise kids to become good kids, that understand they are wealthy and so on, and that they have to appreciate it and will. It's all about how you raise them, not what you give them (of things). 

[TetraSky]

What you see on video isn't representative of what his kids actually receive. 
He even said in the latest video on the 1U gaming PCs (with such a great title like "My most painful PC build is done." /s), that his girl didn't get to keep the gaming PC they made "for her" in the past. It was just a video. You can tell his kids are not spoiled rotten by the way the act on video. Reserved and all that.

[seanondemand]

I have to wonder if this is a regional thing - I’m a Canadian guy, and when I was a kid I knew the wealthy kids and went to their houses for birthday parties and played their brand new GameCubes and such. 
 

20 years later, they’re fine. The kids are alright.  

[Stahlmann]

He literally kicked his son out of his ranked rocket league game to make content. This is mental abuse, not spoiling.

 

/s

[MarkPol88]

7 hours ago, Hensen Juang said:

at the most I would only give my children a small game console in Nursery, an Xbox or PS in 1st year, A light laptop in 4th, a mobile in 6th or earlier, and a gaming PC around sometime

If you are thinking about giving a "small game console" to a kid in the nursery then you really do not get to criticise Linus, or anyone at all, IMHO.

[LogicalDrm]

In "some" (I'm few weeks behind) WAN Show Linus talked about the LAN center he is building for his kids. Saying "I'm mainly doing things I would have liked as a kid". That imo says most about this. He is living his childhood dreams through his kids. And I personally don't think letting them be part of his job/hobby isn't a bad thing. It would be much worse if he would be only one in the house using all the toys and telling kids to suck it up. Now that brews trouble in future.

 

Spoiling a kid would be about giving them all the stuff THEY want. No limits, no "you have to do this", nothing. Thats what makes them to treat others badly, not appreciating value of money etc. I don't remember if Linus has talked about what kinds of phones his kids have. Getting them the newest iPhone everytime it releases would be spoiling. Giving them the couple year old isn't. Or not buying new thing if something breaks (this still seems to be common tactic for kids to try to get new stuff).

[agatong439]

Why does it matter to you how Linus wants to parent his kids?

[Absentia13]

IMO threads about people's kids and families should be locked. Who cares what he's doing with his kids, it's none of our business. 

[Lupino]

I grew up in a working class family, but the amount of (analogue) toys I had at that age easily adds up to the gaming opportunities Linus provides to his children. What does it matter if toys are digital or not?

[Dracarris]

On 10/11/2023 at 11:37 AM, OhioYJ said:

Why is it any of your business what goes on in his house?

There always has to be this one guy.

 

From the authors of "is it any of our bus what happened with Madison" (around the time she suddenly vanished) to a 170page thread a few years later.

If you don't like discussing things that are not elemental to your very personal life, maybe don't spend time in forums.

On 10/11/2023 at 1:19 PM, TylerD321 said:

Why do you care how another man parents his children? They are getting food, love, and an education. Everything else is trivial 

Not at all how rising kids works. First parts are elemental, many more important things come on top. Regulated access to luxury goods is one of them. Not having to work for very expensive things does transmit a message, no matter how often you tell kids how lucky they are.

[saintlouisbagels]

53 minutes ago, Dracarris said:

There always has to be this one guy.

Nearly everyone in this thread shares the same sentiment. Not just one guy.

[Retro_R]

I'm probably gonna sound like a glazer, but i saw this title and I wanted to reply to it.

 

In the most respectful way, why do you care? He's a dad, and a seemingly decent one at that. Yeah, he may be "spoiling" them, but it's not your issue. You don't know them, none of this really effects you. Let the man parent his kids, he seems to be doing just fine with it. I mean, he started a succsesful company, and has a bunch of "free" computer parts laying around, ofc he's gonna want to spend some of that money/use some of those parts for his family. It doesn't really matter.

 

Plus, it can make for decent content. Like when he did those builds w his kids or whatever. I mean you could say at that point he is just using his kids for content, which ig could be a more valid concern, but it's just not like that u feel? He's not like a family vlogger where he shoves the camera in their face u feel.

 

I don't mean to be an asshole and like talk down to you, but it's like why do you care how some dude online is parenting his own kids, unless he's like abusing them but like, no. I don't know just my thoughts.

[Dracarris]

18 minutes ago, saintlouisbagels said:

Nearly everyone in this thread shares the same sentiment. Not just one guy.

same arguments still apply.