their term papers, help them do. how else would an 8-year-old kid know how to design his own homework app? as the college admissions fraud story revealed, these are the type of presents who will even commit crimes to guarantee their kids have doors open for them. i think it s important to ask this tonight. what s the end result here? well, many of these young people, and it s not just the wealthy kids, grow up to be demanding, entitled adults. and even ingrates. at a time when american students are falling behind in the science, and math, and reading, more and more kids at the same time here are indulged and even encouraged to become political activist before they ve even earned their first paycheck. according to one assessment, out of 71 countries, the u.s. was 38th place in math and 24th in science. but forget about math, right?