Comments on: Is giving our kids too many gifts healthy? http://kidsawarenessseries.com/2009/12/is-giving-our-kids-too-many-gifts-healthy/ Bringing Understanding to Childhood Disorders Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Adelaide Dupont http://kidsawarenessseries.com/2009/12/is-giving-our-kids-too-many-gifts-healthy/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Adelaide Dupont Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:13:35 +0000 http://kidsawarenessseries.com/?p=617#comment-35 It would be good to have one or two intellectually/emotionally stimulating gifts, including gifts which you might not like at the time, but on reflection, were the best ever, because they showed symbolically that you were cared for. The average amount of gifts which children get is 10-12. I saw a picture of a boy with at least a few years of his room strewn around him Wishing trees are a good idea as well. You can gift one of your old - much loved - things to an appropriate child. And also there is sponsorship. Oxfam goats are very popular. Or maybe give the gifts "early" so that someone will have mastered an important computer game by Christmas and be able to teach their sibling or cousin. Coupons are good gifts too. "Spend time with me uninterrupted" is one and "a back massage" is another. It would be good to have one or two intellectually/emotionally stimulating gifts, including gifts which you might not like at the time, but on reflection, were the best ever, because they showed symbolically that you were cared for.

The average amount of gifts which children get is 10-12. I saw a picture of a boy with at least a few years of his room strewn around him

Wishing trees are a good idea as well. You can gift one of your old – much loved – things to an appropriate child.

And also there is sponsorship. Oxfam goats are very popular.

Or maybe give the gifts “early” so that someone will have mastered an important computer game by Christmas and be able to teach their sibling or cousin.

Coupons are good gifts too. “Spend time with me uninterrupted” is one and “a back massage” is another.

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