Kid-Appropriate Birthday Gifts and Parties
There was a trend, for a time, where birthday gifts and parties for kids had to be as extravagant as possible. When it comes to adults, as long as the budget truly allows, I'm all for wonderfully huge gifts. In fact I was overwhelmed with appreciation when my husband gave me one of the finest Patek Philippe watchesfor my last birthday. When it comes to kids, however, I think it's best for them to understand and appreciate simpler pleasures. That way their happiness isn't contingent on things. After all, it's best for them to be able to know happiness that's not dependent on outright materialistic frenzy! Kiddy birthday parties, too, for a time, got to be huge productions, with themes, and big, costly surprises…they had to be real events, sometimes even with rented venues. Some parents seemed at a loss for how to top one year's party with the next, or how to top the parties mounted by other parents for their children. Perhaps one of the effects of the economic downturn is the of curbing some excesses such as these. Perhaps it's an opportunity to rediscover the joys of a good old picnic, or parties where the kids enjoy playing good old games rather than being entertained.
Posted: Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 @ 1:50 pm
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