My mother just came home with a very interesting story for me. One of her coworkers had a five year old daughter who had been invited to a birthday party.
On the invitation, it read: "Child is registered at Toys "R" Us."
Yes. That's right. A gift registry for children. Where kids can sit down and make out a whole list of demands for their birthdays. Check it out: http://www.toysrus.ca/registry/index.jsp
The theory is that this is helpful, that the guests won't have to stress about what to buy. But what is this teaching the children? Instead of being grateful and pleasantly surprised, they expect everything they have demanded.
If I were the mother of the child who received that invitation, I would use it as a learning opportunity for my daughter. I would make a donation to a charity in the birthday girl's name, and my daughter would learn what giving is really about... which, by the way, is NOT making sure a five year old's every whim is met.
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