Sure you can, but you should not! If a person's affections can be bought, then they just allowed another person to put a dollar value on their worth as a human being.
When parents pay children for the privilege of their love by purchasing expensive and often wasteful gifts, they are aiding and abetting a life time of unwarranted expectations and a sense of entitlement. They spoil them and deny them the opportunity to become decent and giving human beings.
Parents who try to buy their children's affection are setting them up for unrealistic expectations of what to expect from others. The world will not open up its wallet for their children the second he or she becomes unhappy.
There is a lot more on this topic at
this website. It is a scary thought that some parents are breeding a whole new generations of narcissists... who will definitely not be equipped to navigate the real world in an effective and non-abusive manner.
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