"Forget notebooks and pencils. Teens and tweens enamored with celebrities and fashion are looking for $200 designer handbags and $100-plus jeans this back-to-school season. The increased luxury spend by teens arrives as websites, tabloids and TV shows detailing celebrities and fashion make kids more aware of luxury goods than ever before."

The quote above comes from an article on today's RetailWire.com. It refers to programs such MTV's program "My Super Sweet 16". Have you seen that show? It's like watching an accident -- you can't take your eyes away because you can't really process what you're seeing. It makes our teeth hurt just to think about it.

The show's about over-indulged, spoiled, snotty kids who expect their wealthy parents to fork over $100,000 plus parties and ultra expensive cars. They whine, they complain. You want to jump through the television screen and knock some sense into them. And their parents. But kids watch this stuff and it just adds to the Millennials sense of entitlement.

So, if you are still not reading US Weekly, Life & Style, In-Touch, and yes, even Star Magazine, then you can't possibly relate to the celebrity train-wrecks the Millennials look up to and try to emulate.

Check it out: Teen Splurge in Back-To-School Luxury By Tom Ryan, retailwire.com

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