On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > > > schools. A friend took his daughter went for a Pirates of the > > Caribbean themed birthday party at Angsana for a 7 year old the other > > day for example. His estimate was that about a lakh/lakh and a half > > was spent on it. As he was leaving, his daughter asked for a similar > > party for her next birthday. > > This seems to be a global problem, my cousin in NYC was complaining > about this exact situation. I think it's tough, you can't exactly > reason with a three year old, but it's tougher still when you give in. > In my experience, people who have had to make compromises and adjust > to realities of life in their childhood are better adjusted to face > the world than people who had soft childhoods that set unrealistic > expectations for later on.
I'm less worried about expectations than I am about values. What values will my son learn from that kind of crowd? -- b
