I just turned 33 nine days ago. We have three boys, ages 6, 4, and 1. In this house, the computer is strictly a priviledge. I was forced to quit my job as a tree trimmer for the local power company due to an inner-ear infection, which left us in a financial crunch. My wife took over the job front as I recuperated at home and looked after my boys.
From the beginning, my wife and I agreed that we would not run our kids off to day-care while we worked. We've always maintained that one of us would care for the kids. Only by the grace of God were we able to live on a 10 acre farm owned by my dad where half of the property tax ($150 per year) is our rent.
We try to live a very "paid-for" life-style. If we do not have the money for something we want, we don't buy it. The only exception to this is the house that we live in, and even then it's a fixer-upper $5K home on wheels. But, it keeps the rain off, we have running water, and it keeps us warm. It's a lot better than my great grandmothers house next door that has stood for 60+ years with no water or electric. (Yes, that is where we started.) Even the cars we drive ('81 Doge Ramcharger, '87 Dodge Dakota, and a '95 Buick) are paid for and run decent.
I'm hoping that we can instill in our kids the idea that you work for what you want in life. These kids that are in school with money handed to them, cars and phones handed to them, expensive clothes handed to them, and yet complain how thier life sucks, ought to come live out here in the middle of nowhere for a while. They wouldn't last a second.