Hiya guys and girls and in-betweens. Was blog browsing a couple of days ago and ran across some fabulous work. The site is shanesapples.blogspot.com . Give it a whirl...but only if you have a highly developed sense of humor/anger/cynicism! Personally, I think it's great!
Anyhow, I am in the midst of Christmas madness and I am loving it some days and really wanting to smack people on other days. Fighting over a Tickle Me Elmo is just not my idea of the "Christmas spirit". Why do people feel they have to spend their entire life savings once a year???? What kind of message is this sending to our children? That if you can't afford every single top of the line gift that is out there, then you are somehow a failure as a person??
When I was a kid, we received simple gifts and we loved 'em. Now, I see 8 year olds wanting (and getting) cell phones, pagers and the like. What in the name of everything on God's green earth does a child need with a CELL PHONE??? Who is he calling that he can't use the house phone like we did when we were kids (that is, when we were allowed to use the phone at all!).
And then there are the Playstations 2-250, X Boxes, Q Boxes, dvd players, camcorders, digital cameras, etc. These are things that I don't even buy for myself, much less a child. If you are a child in my vicinity, then you are getting a doll baby, a truck, a GI Joe or some blocks, or better yet, BOOKS. And you will like it, yes, you will. We need to let our children be children and treat them as such. Instill the concept of charity, good will, and empathy in your children. Of course, that will be hard to do if you have not instilled them in yourself yet.
Wow, I feel better now! Thanks!!!!!
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