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Give him the values of instead of gifts. Take him to charity events and show him the pleasure of helping others who are in need. Give him quality time together doing things, seeing things of interest. Demonstrate the values of being social importance in your neighborhood, community and organizations. Take him to relief centers for the homeless, hungry and needy and allow him to donate old toys that he no longer needs, or the clothing that he outgrew. Basically teaching him ethics values and at this age will make him a stronger better person later in life.
Use Christmas to tell your child about the the baby in a manger the greatest gift ever given. Give him the gift of learning how to give by asking him to select one of his toys and give it to a charity that will give it to a child who would otherwise not get anything. Lastly give him the gift of the love of two parents who are committed to him and each other for life.
Use Christmas to tell your child about the the baby in a manger the greatest gift ever given. Give him the gift of learning how to give by asking him to select one of his toys and give it to a charity that will give it to a child who would otherwise not get anything. Lastly give him the gift of the love of two parents who are committed to him and each other for life.
My neighbor had this dilemma with her grandson, who, by her own admission is a spoiled brat (not saying that's the case with your kid).
I recommended a donation to an animal shelter and for her to take the donations and let the grandson hand them out, allowing for him to have interactions with the animals, etc.
He spent the entire day there, playing with the animals, etc. He's 4, btw.
No offense, but I HIGHLY doubt if you really didn't get the kid anything for Christmas, it'll negatively affect him. He's 2. You really remember Christmas when you were 2?!?!
As studedude pointed out, you could start teaching the kid that Christmas isn't all about what you can get, but what you can give.
Christmas used to be my favorite, but it's become so much about what people can get that it's leaving a bad taste in my mouth more and more each year.
Christmas used to be my favorite, but it's become so much about what people can get that it's leaving a bad taste in my mouth more and more each year.
You have no idea how true that is. I deliver mail for a living and starting each fall, I start to see the greed first hand. And this will sound like I am exaggerating, but I have two people on my mail route who order QVC stuff like crazy. ONE DAY, one of the people got 26 QVC packages!!! ONE DAY!!! The other got 14. And it's not just a one week or one day thing. It's weekly starting each fall. Now they either have a MASSIVE family or they are greedy and try to "top" other family members with their gift buying. It's sickening.
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I have 3 children who are 6, 5, and 1, and they already have tons of toys and clothes, so I tell people who ask what to get them for xmas, birthdays, etc. that DVD's are a good gift. Especially sesame street ones.
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Originally Posted by kentuckydad95
You have no idea how true that is. I deliver mail for a living and starting each fall, I start to see the greed first hand. And this will sound like I am exaggerating, but I have two people on my mail route who order QVC stuff like crazy. ONE DAY, one of the people got 26 QVC packages!!! ONE DAY!!! The other got 14. And it's not just a one week or one day thing. It's weekly starting each fall. Now they either have a MASSIVE family or they are greedy and try to "top" other family members with their gift buying. It's sickening.
Geez. I wish I had money to blow like that-must be nice!
What is so bad, is at two years old, he would probably be happier with a free refrigerator size box to crawl in.
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