Is this constant jealousy normal 5/6 year old behaviour? Am i overthinking stuff?

[3yrolddrama]

My almost-6-year-old cries (Actually cries) almost every evening after school about some perceived injustice.

But his injustices are: so-and-so got a play date and I didn’t. So-and-so owns [insert expensive toy] and I don’t. And today, so-and-so was given chocolate and I wasn’t.

We then get home and he cries and whines about it for hours.

I find it so irritating! Like he’s being both spoiled and ungrateful for what he has.

We live in an affluent part of London. I can’t help but think that’s part of the problem. The kids around here have SO MUCH.

I don’t remember being like that at his age. And we didn’t have much money when I was a kid so we didn’t have lots of stuff.

Is his behaviour totally normal? Am
I overthinking things?

How can I get him to see that he’s lucky and be grateful for what he has?!

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Mine have their moments but it’s not too regular!

I’m afraid he’d probably be getting a rather sharp “we don’t always get what we want” from me.

I have this from my 9 year olds sometimes (quiet often from one of them).

I go with the phrase "we all have different things". Used alongside "we all have different skills" and "we all have different challenges" and "we all have opportunities" to generally acknowledge but discourage comparison.