Originally Posted by Michael:
Bring them for a day on skid row.
Some friends of ours did this and it still didn't work. They went to a different country even with very poor children and while their children felt bad, they knew they were still returning home to their comfy home, beds, clothes, etc.
Its kinds like when parents say "there are starving kids in other countries" our kids feel bad but it doesn't sink in because they know its a pretty rare chance it will happen to them.