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November 1, 2005, 5:45 pm PST
It's the me,me,and more me generation
Quote From: kbscrapperThis gets my BP up every time!! I really think that we give our kids too much now a days. I think part of it is because we have more then our parents did but when do you draw the line? I have a SD who is 8 and she gets whatever she wants from her mom. Granted Mom has the money to give it to her but DH and I don't. We barely get by. So how do you find the middle ground?? Last Christmas she complained that her little sister got more then she did from us. Yeah she may have but she she does not get 3 christmases like her big sister does, AND she plays with her toys. Everything I buy for her seems to just sit on a shelf. I actually gave some of her unopened toys away last year.
She didn't even care!!
i think in your case and Melissa's it would be nice to have the children participate in giving their over-abundant toys to a shelter. Let them pick and wrap the toy and put it in a box. then explain about other children not having any toys and how nice it is toshare. I think when children participate they enjoy giving to other children.
I think in all these cases we need to teach our children about volunteering when they get older. How much nicer than spending all your extra hours shopping and loading our closets with clothes we really don't need. i find children who learn to be part of their community are happier and get into less trouble.
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