Yeah, this. My mom bought me nothing as a kid. Nothing. She always said "If you want something, get a job and buy it yourself." So I did, I got a paper route at 10 and bought things I wanted myself.

She's the kind of person who'd get me utilitarian things for Christmas... like a violin case or something. I don't particularly like her as a person, but I respect her for that sort of frugality. It's made me really disdain parents who spoil their kids.