I try but for awhile we were petty well off and spent over a thousand for the kids on Christmas for a few years. Well they got spoiled and the things were not taken care of. So now that were broke they have to learn the hard way about the cost of things.

The trouble with kids is that there's an element of random chaos in the decision making that cannot be accounted for and it's likely the fallout from those decisions that ultimately helps them develop the palpable and visceral sense against making them as they get older. I'm sure literally trying very hard to teach them the value of things helps, they do have the capacity to listen and learn after all. But the way I see it there's always a non zero chance that some totally different and bizarre thinking process will override all of that at random moments.

There's loads of things that could be going on here that explain how, in kid logic, giving away an expensive valuable item could be the best course of action.

Most likely is that the kid has 2 as a result of gifts from family or whatever.

No.

The revolution begins at the core of how people spend their money.