This Sunday I had breakfast with Santa. You remember those days, don’t you? Asking for everything Power Rangers, a pair of roller blades, a pogo stick, etc. The good old days when we got gifts by the bunches and it seemed like we had a hundred presents to open. Before we grew up and asked for a video game system or a laptop and knew we were getting all or nothing that year, consuming our parents’ gift fund for us mostly on one gift.
Turns out, kids aren’t kids anymore. Eight year olds have become the new teens. I heard a little girl ask for the new iPad2, “Not the old cheap one Santa, I want the new one with the camera”. I’m a grown up and I can’t even afford those toys. Are parents really giving into these demands and skimping on gifts for themselves so their six year old kid can watch Sponge Bob videos on YouTube? Let’s hope that’s all they’re doing on there, I know what I did on my first computer and I sure wouldn’t want any kid younger than 16 doing those things. This year parents, I give you permission to take back Christmas and give them that pair of pajamas you’ve been eyeing, and give them toys that run on their imagination not a power cord!
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