If yes, well here is the next extravagance for you! http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/09/working-dollhousesiz.html It is sad but I still remember a toy made from a wooden thread spool and a piece of string!
What about the big button and string,,remember those? or playing cats cradle,with a piece of string or yarn? I say bring back the simple things in life,teaches kids that money cann`t buy happiness. All these parents that go out and buy all these electronic toys for their kids are in for a rude awakining when the kids become teenagers and they exspect to get a $50,000 car with sporty rims and concert type sound systems and a credit card too! How are they going to learn the value of anything if they are handed everything that they want? By the time they are young adults ,they will not have any pride in them selfs,for doing anything for them selfs. They will exspect mommy and daddy and granny and grandpa to do it for them. They will be having kids and you will be raising them. They will never leave home,even when they are 30..Parents and grandparents need to get a grip. QUIT GIVING EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT !! Show them the value of the things they want,earn what they want,not just hand them everything they want. You know the saying !! You reap what you sow !
Yep, but I am like 50 so most kids think the dinosaurs were around when I was young! I remember the "Cutting Edge" gift I got was a small crystal radio that I had to assemble myself. Used my bunk-bed frame as an antenna! I remember listening to the Hawaii 5-0 theme song on it!
I got my wife a three story Victorian dollhouse for Christmas, which is currently being wired for lights. The lights for a dollhouse are as expensive as a light fixture for the full scale house!!! There are thirteen rooms in that house too. :banghead:
nope sure don't! he knows he has to earn big things, like right now he has 2 piggy banks and he is saving all his money and change to go to disney next year!!
This is a toughie!! I spoil my kids to a point, but they have never gotten everything they have wanted and they did not get something every time we went to the store. I spoil them with love, and once in a while I will slip something in there, but not as extravagant as this!! They have had to learn the value of a dollar and now my son is having to learn how to really manage things. Not like living with mom and dad to where he could blow all his money. Now he has to buy things like toilet paper, laundry soap, fabric softner, etc. No grandkids to spoil....yet and hopefully not anytime soon either!!!!
My kids do not get whatever they want. If they really want something (like ipods, etc), then it has to wait for birthdays and Christmas OR they can save their money and spend it for it. I do buy them nice clothing, shoes, etc. and all items they NEED. I also occasionally will give in and get them something when we are out shopping (I'm talking maybe spend $20). I occasionally give them a $20 to go skating/movies, etc. and do not expect them to repay me. They also keep their rooms almost spotless, their bathroom upstairs cleaned (to my standards), the bonus room cleaned and put their clothing away (most of the time w/o me asking them). My oldest does her own laundry and they both help out with weekly downstairs cleaning. All of this is an expectation on my part for me doing the above, as they get no allowance for these chores. They are also making A's and B's in school and are pretty good kids at this point in their lives. I say pretty good, because they do "try" to talk back, etc. and then I put them in their place (grounding, loose privileges, etc.). If they continue with the good grades/behaviour, then I can safely say that DH and I will get them good used cars when they turn 16 (something that will last throughout college) and will pay for their college (assuming their grades are all above a C). If that is spoiling, then yes we spoil them. I think it's responsible parenting. :lol:
I believe to best way to prevent spoilage in children is to keep them in the freezer until ready to use them.
On a related note about kids...I was at a party last weekend. There were 5-6 couples there and someone asked the question how many of us had actually planned when we were going to have our children and my DH and I were the only ones who raised their hands. Everyone else ended up getting pr-ego before marriage, etc. I guess these days it is a rarity that people are actually responsible?? These people were in their 30's-45 too....OMG.
Thats an interesting question - will have to remember to ask that one at the next party, lol!!! For the record - both of mine were planned - and then I got him fixed!! :mrgreen:
I know, both of mine were planned as well and then I got myself fixed...LOL :mrgreen: I was just suprised...really suprised. After that question, I asked how many women waited to have sex after HS...again...I was the only one. :?
I planned one. However, the Big Guy had a different plan and blessed me with multiples, had them, got 'fixed' immediately.:jester:
I'm right there with ya on that one too! I did alot of crazy stuff in hs (drinking/driving etc) that I shouldn't have - but having sex was not one of them - thank goodness!!! 8)
:iagree: I had a talk w/the 14 yo about this again last night. We talked about emotional weakness sex causes and that's why I waited, because I didn't want that extra pressure in HS. I told her to at least wait until college, hopefully by then she'd be mature enough. She agreed, but I then told her that if she ever feels like she's ready, then we really need to talk about it and prepare for it...
