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In “The Veldt,” Bradbury states that when parents spoil their children, the results can end up being very bad. In the text, it says, “"Wendy, come back here!" said George Hadley, but she was gone.”. This shows that Wendy, the daughter, doesn’t obey the father anymore. This is bad because if the children don’t obey the parents anymore, they’ll do whatever they like, and the parents won’t be able to stop them. Also, the text shows, “The two children were in hysterics. They screamed and pranced and threw things. They yelled and sobbed and swore and jumped at the furniture.”. This quote shows that when the kids were spoiled with the nursery room, they couldn't separate from it. All the time they would be in the room, and when the parents wanted

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