Alena

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We should chew on what Michael James said about kids trying to grind parinse down about what is fair – do you think it is accidental?

Brace yourself, but I think he’s on the cuspid of a crowning achievement which bridges our understanding. You might be enameled with brushing off kids whining by thinking them as holely selfish. Doing that could prevent a positive outgum in their later years – I’m pretty denture about that.

Straightening out our kids is sometimes numbing but always the white thing to do. The depth and breath of these lessons means we have to pick our battles, but we should never just give them lip service.

As the cavity of these situations grows, we will never be at a floss for bite-sized words of wisdom. At some point, the significance will crest and the scope of the root problem will be capped.

Well, I have to get some filing done before giving my colleague Flo a ride home – she is smiles out of my way.

Kids are always going to compare their gifts to one another and that is part of the learning process. When they come back to us as parents and ask why they didn’t receive as much, we need to take that question and turn it into a teaching opportunity. The lessons learned will linger around a whole lot longer than the $10 bill.

Merry Christmas

When I was little, I didn’t have much toys and I did complain about that. Looking back, I am thankful that my parents didn’t spoiled me and taught me that nothing comes easy – especially money.

high_octane has it right… I think people are more driven to succeed if they have less as a child because they know they have to work for it and not be handed with bags of toys or cash.

I resonate with the comments that suggest it’s better to learn early that the world isn’t fair and that other kids having more motivates them to be MORE successful in the future rather than entitled and spoiled.

On one hand I dont want to do the whole “walked to school uphill in a blizzard to and from” speech I got when I was a kid, BUT……..

Seriously, I grew up with no cable. My dad worked a second part time job so my mom could stay at home and raise us, like a real parent should.
We lived in a decent neighborhood, were well fed, had swimming lessons/football/hockey/figure skating/whatever activity we wanted to try.

We had one car, and god forbid we actually walked to school! We were given a basic amount for clothing. If we wanted the latest “air jordan” sneakers we had to make up the difference.

The real problem is that as a society we value “stuff”.

I understand that every parent wants their children to have more than they did.

What does that mean? It shouldnt mean stuff.
We had more or less the same amount of stuff as my parents did, and certainly way less stuff than some of my friends.

What my sisters and I did have was a sense of the value of a dollar.

At this point in my life I can truly say I am better off than my parents were at the same age. Not stuff wise mind you.

House wise, and savings wise I am further ahead than my parents, and miles ahead of most of my friends, including ones who make almost triple what I do. They have lots of stuff, and travel several times a year, drive new vehicles almost every time they see a new car commercial.
Other than their stuff, they havent got the old “pot to #$%^ in.

I disagree with the last paragraph of this article. Personally I see a correlation of people having more stuff as adults and no money sense if they were raised with lots of stuff (10 teeth etc).

Sure go ahead and give your kids more than you had, but make sure you give them the right things.

I guarantee today they will appreciate the newest ipods, and video games, but I can assure you as adults they will be better off if you teach them some responsibility.

Although you want to buy them wings, you are better off teaching them to fly.