Here Comes The Christmas List!
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When November starts to approach us our kids then start to approach us with talks of what they want for Christmas. Then pretty soon you will start to see the dreaded Christmas list! Especially in these tough economic times children don’t know any limits to their Christmas list.
Since the sky is the limit for kids, then you have to come in and set some limits or they will bankrupt you! There is no need to get anxious over their list because I will tell you how to get around it.
You can tell them that Santa is very busy this year and the elves only have time to make X amount of gifts this year for this house. Make sure that each child gets the same number of gifts so that reinforces what you said and it’s also fair as well to not show favouritism.
Naturally as a parent you would love to get them everything on their Christmas list. Even if you have the extra money to do so I would not. Only get them what they really want. Why? It teaches them at an early age to prioritize and it also prepares them to not be selfish in life. If you give a child everything they want they won’t know how to cope in this real world where they will not always get what they want.
Come on, you got them the most important gifts so there is nothing to feel bad about. We both know that a child will walk into a toy store and will want to get everything in that store even though they won’t even play with it! So teach them how to prioritize and even your budget will do well!
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