For my grandkid's gifts, I set up a credit union savings account for each, stoked it every month and boosted it on birthdays and Christmas. Never gave a gift.
I am still the family bad guy because I didn't give them something to have fun with. In the room of one of these kids, they had actually hung a net from the ceiling in one corner for toy storage because there was not room to walk. Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Streib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Philosophical question > Frederick W Moir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I hesitate to give expensive gifts to children, as it seems that all >> to often they do not value that for which the have not worked. > > Amen to that. My kids have more "stuff" than they know what to do > with, most of it given to them. What have they been playing with the > last two months? Their bikes, and sticks they find in the yard. > > I think all a kid needs, really (at least boys) are clothes, shoes, a > bicycle, a bat, a glove, a ball, and a few good books. I wish I had > understood that before mine accumulated so much crap. > > Allan > > -- > 1983 300D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
