How excited is too excited when it comes to birthday presents"
by Charlie Brooks posted in Parenting
Seven years into this parenting thing, I still don?t know how to strike the right balance with anything. Am I too hard on them or too lax with discipline" Do I give them a suitable number of presents or do I spoil them" If there?s one thing I?m sure about, it?s that I overthink things.
This week?s lesson in self-doubt comes from my son?s birthday. By now, he knows the drill: for several days on end, every friend of ours he meets will give him a present of some sort. And I?m sitting here trying to temper his excitement by focusing on that old nugget, ?It?s the thought that counts.?
My son, always one to wear his thoughts on his sleeve, has made no bones about how excited he is to receive presents. He?s even approached our friends and asked, ?Did you get me a present for my birthday"? When he does that, I squirm uncomfortably because it seems like that?s all he cares about.
I seem to have an angel and a devil on my shoulders -- and both tell me I?m screwing up. On the one hand, I don?t want my kids to care more about the things they receive than people who give it to them. On the other hand, it?s okay to get excited for gifts.
If I can add a third hand to the equation, it?s fun to get kids excited for their presents. The excitement is infectious, and there?s something viscerally satisfying about a kid frantically tearing at wrapping paper in anticipation of what lies beneath. The trick is to nurture that excitement witho...
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