Getting Real With Shadra Bruce
There’s been a lot of talk in the mommysphere lately about whether or not we’re going overboard at Christmas with the gifts we buy our kids.
Yep. We do.
So what?!
Ok, so I don’t endorse going completely in debt, skipping the house payment, or otherwise putting the family in jeopardy to have a good Christmas, but if you want to spend a little extra on your kids this time of year, what’s the harm?
Does a once-a-year spoiling really lead to ungrateful kids?
I think the ungrateful, it’s-never-enough, more-more-more attitude is something that develops the other 364 days a year when parents don’t say no, don’t set boundaries, don’t have limits, and otherwise kowtow to their children’s every whim.
So if my kids, for 364 days are forced to understand the meaning of sacrifice, to make choices about whether they want this or that because they can’t have it all, do without, and learn the importance of giving to others, then you bet I am going to enjoy spoiling them come Christmas.
What do you think? Do parents go overboard?
I think it depends. I agree that if you don’t have the funds then you shouldn’t spend more than you have. I love to see my kids (even the adult ones) faces when they open gifts. Warms my heart. As for me it is also a personal decision to spoil them because I live in the moment. It only takes one Christmas interlaced with chemo and a cold bald head to know that I needed to make the most of that Christmas and every Christmas after that because it was a blessing for me to be there with my family. Christmas is my time to thank God for all he has done for me and for me to make the most out of those blessings he has given me…within my budget of course.