There was an episode of the Andy Griffith Show where Opie met the new kid in town.  The new kid ended up playing a spoiled lil brat role.  He was talking Opie into demanding a bigger allowance with less chores from his Pop.  Later, the new kid got in trouble for riding his new bicycle in the wrong place and Barney Fife impounded it.  He brought his dad to the Sherrif to get his bike back.  When Andy wouldnt return it the kid started crying & said his dad would go to jail in exchange for the new bicycle being returned.  His dad realized how spoiled his kid was, asked for the bike back himself so he could sell it and, at the suggestion of Sheriff Tayloy, took his boy out to the woodshed. 
  
But, yeah, spoiled kids is a concept entirely new to the Myspace Generation.