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Don't know what's worse, that they are hoarders or just plain spoiled. They everything they want. Whatever happened to earning things. Better yet, instead of parents buying their kids things why not spend time with them. Take them to the park, throw a ball, play checkers.
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To me, the book’s most arresting detail is that the United States has 3.1 percent of the world’s children but buys 40 percent of all toys sold worldwide. Obviously, American kids can’t possibly extract all the play-value out of that many toys, most of which end up piled somewhere.
This article isn't possible. A fake. A fraud. You see, I read it on this forum everyday how the general population is broke. There is this great recession going on and NO ONE has excess money, except the "1%." Everyone else in this country is living paycheck to paycheck, need government help in: housing, food, etc to live. That is why we MUST raise taxes and INCREASE spending so people don't starve to death and have heat for the winter.
These people in the article ALL must be from the "1%."
This article isn't possible. A fake. A fraud. You see, I read it on this forum everyday how the general population is broke. There is this great recession going on and NO ONE has excess money, except the "1%." Everyone else in this country is living paycheck to paycheck, need government help in: housing, food, etc to live. That is why we MUST raise taxes and INCREASE spending so people don't starve to death and have heat for the winter.
These people in the article ALL must be from the "1%."
one american household with a few kids probably has more toys than a hundred chinese kids.
Or African. One of my kids goes there 2 or 3 times a year. My DIL collects as much as she can carry of markers, crayons and drawing stuff. She tells me how creative the kids are. They can make a game out of most anything.
But wouldn't you have to buy them a ball or a checker board first? If the problem is that they have too many toys it seems like this would defeat the purpose.
This bugs me but it's nearly impossible to stop - try telling grandparents or other family members not to buy stuff for your kids - it doesn't work. I know personally I've hardly bought a toy for my kids in my entire life, yet they have a room full of them anyway.
Tell grandma to give them green folding dollars to save. Or a couple of shares of stock in the kids favorite toy company. It is a great teaching tool.
One friend just gives a trinket gift. Then when her grandkids are 16, she uses DH frequent miles to take them anywhere in the world they want to go. Gives them something great to share.
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