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Originally Posted by phoenix
how old is yr daugter?
it makes me feel like a massive whiner, but my sisters all buy the most ridiculous gifts for their kids. I dunno.. I just can't understand why they ahve to have it and they have to have it now.. yr breeding consumerist children to grow up as consumerist adults.
they all have DS and have since they came out.. kids are 6, 6, and 9.. the 9 year old got an ipod for her last birthday so now her little brother is getting one of the new ipod nanos for christmas. He will be like 7 ffs, surely his need for 30,000 toons on demand and an accelerometer and small portable technology (sp)is pretty limited at this age and its just buying for the sake of it
/hippy parenting rant
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She is and got this DS toy at 7. In her class of say 10, 4 cant afford such things, 5 already got one. I must say when their sending (handwritten) messages to eachother in a funny way, i see no problems.
As a counterweight we also work in our vegetablegarden, go cycling, play boardgames or read a book.
PS NickelOdeon has proven to be a pest.
Yes i'm worried too about consuming.