Teach Your Child About Giving

The months leading up to Christmas this year left me wondering where I had gone wrong. My little girl said “I want one of those” to just about every toy she saw whether is was on television, in the store or in the hands of her playmate. Had I done this? I began to wonder if I was teaching her the wrong things and if I needed to shift my own priorities.

The more I thought about it the more I realized it wasn’t me. You will rarely hear me ask for anything other than the usual things a woman needs. I don’t ask for jewelry or extensive clothes shopping sprees, I’m pretty low maintenance in that regard.
So where did she pick up this kind of behavior? I’m still not sure but I think its may just be innocent human nature. I realized she’s not seen much of the world and has no idea there are others who would give anything for three square meals a day let alone a Dora Talking House. She just simply doesn’t know. Now I know it’s my job to teach her.

I had been trying to teach her about giving in small ways leading up to this time but I decided I needed to do more. There are things I have already started and things I will do as she ages and gets a bit worldlier. I have confidence that she’ll catch on rather quickly.

How Many Toys Do You Need?

My little girl is spoiled. Not by me so much but by the rest of my family. I guess this isn’t out of the ordinary but at times it goes way too far. She has a rather large bedroom and it was filled to the brim with toys and she had her birthday and Christmas both yet to come in the month of December.

I didn’t know what to do when I thought of all the toys she was going to get. Finally I made a decision that took her quite a while to accept. I told her she needed to get rid of some of her toys or she wasn’t getting any new ones. She looked at me as if I had just run over a puppy with my car but I stood firm.