Is it possible for a 5 year-old to get TOO much for Christmas?

Miles and Miles wrote:

It's funny how many non-parents seem to have the whole parenting thing figured out, ha.

agree. but what's even more funny is how many parents seem to have the whole parenting thing figured out, ha ha.

consider Child #1, who has a doctor and lawyer for parents, and 8 uncles/aunts who are all successful professionals. the Child gets all the presents your kid received.

consider Child #2, the same in personality and disposition as Child #1, but Child #2 has parents who are teachers in public schools and no relatives. Child #2 gets one present for Christmas.

What has Child #1 done to deserve so many more presents than Child #2? If he hasdnt done anything to deserve more, then can he be considered to have "too many" presents?

Now look at the rest of the world, specifically all the poor kids in South Asia. Does Child #1 have too many presents?

If you want to shelter your child and not expose him to the reality of imblanaced riches in the world, then no, your child cant have too many presents. just dont ever show hi photos of malnourished kids and dont let him watch CNN right now.

I got lots of gifts when I was a kid, except one year when I had been quite difficult the previous few months(teenager), I didnt get as many.

I remember fondly those years with all the presents(20+) and still look back and smile. Its Christmas, and that is what part of it is about. Keep worrying about things down the road like his homework, health, etc. But dont over worry and over obsess about how many gifts he received.

Be thankful he and you are in a position to get that many, and his loved ones are there as well. He will look back fondly of those times.

great post. Dont over analyze things about your kid to that extent. Worry about the real important stuff. Let the kid have his fun and enjoy it.

what's with all this BS about lots of presents and "that's what Christmas is all about??" this idea gives children the impression that poor people cant have a merry Christmas without presents. Family, being together, Christmas dinner, Christmas music, etc--obviously none of this is meaningful unless there are 20+ presents under the tree for every kid in America.

"That's what Christmas is all about." This, my friends, is the Christmas motto of Wall Street and Madison Avenue.

NO, you idiot, if you read my post its what part, part of Christmas is about. Can anyone really argue with that? Whats so bad about having fond memories of lots of gifts? I did not go to Church growing up, and so I suppose really should not have been celebrating Christmas according to you. But we did, and giving and receiving gifts was a lot of fun to us. I loved picking out gifts for my mom or dad, and still do. I also loved the thought of gifts from my loved ones.

We didnt do it then because of wall street, and we dont do it now because of wall street.

[quote]Dr. Ruth Says wrote:

Your solution is simple....you and your husband need to make more babies and then divide this year's Christmas gifts amongst them. [quote]

If your husband isn't willing to help with this, give me a call.

Make sure you have other ways of showing love to your child apart from giving him money and toys. The bad thing about spoiling a kid with material crap is that he will expect it every year and will feel empty when he gets other crap as well as when he doesn't get any crap.

Wht about parents that insist their kids wear new designer clothes (no more hand me downs from the cousins)? I know some parents that get tons of shit from grandparents (competing against one another) and aunts/uncles, so they skip the toys and drop a few hundred at baby gao for clothes that will not be worn more than a few times.

Many people do not care that their kids emulate spoiled people like Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Many people actually want their kids to emulate the rich and spoiled people like Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. They want their kids to be hot.

I think it is great, that you don't follow the conventional way with your son. I also, got my son

a oven set...I got alot of greif with that one.

I think it is important for him to learn how

to cook, clean and take care of himself. Not to

expect someone else to do it for him. What makes this

seem different is parents telling their child that

this is for girl/boy to do. This is where they get

the idea. Why is it this way????