Adventures in Parenting

As a parent, we give more than we get.
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My family was not financially well off when I was growing up. At Christmas we did not receive any presents from my parents. After all, they reasoned, they give us room and board, isn’t that enough? Can’t argue with that.
I brought along a similar frugal mentality when we had children. Since as a young couple [...]

Would you agree it is hard to buy presents for kids nowadays?
Would they actually appreciate the present or would it end up in their garage sale next month?
I personally refuse to purchase the overpriced toys that advertisers try to entice you to buy. I know every kid has on their wish list an electronic game. [...]

Ask any child to tell you the best thing about Christmas, and what do you think he will say?
“Presents!”
While we want to teach our children that Christmas is not all about getting presents, perhaps we’ve inadvertently conditioned our children to think that it is about the presents! That pile of wrapped boxes under the Christmas [...]