Comments on: Spoiled — A Rant http://www.julieduffy.com/passion/parenthood/millennial-moms/spoiled/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:22:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Linda http://www.julieduffy.com/passion/parenthood/millennial-moms/spoiled/comment-page-1/#comment-729 Linda Wed, 18 May 2011 13:13:42 +0000 http://jwordsmith.wordpress.com/?p=551#comment-729 The description of the birthday parties you went to (and the frequency) reminded me so much of my own childhood. With a wee sister, and 3 cousins (my Mum and Aunt are twins, and as kids we were forever in each others houses causing mayhem) birthdays were celebrated, but not to excess. We had a cake (with the paper fringe - I'd forgotten all about it til now!), sometimes straws, played parlour games like pass the parcel and all that sort of stuff. In fact, pretty much everything you described was my experience of birthday parties. I listen to some adults now talking about the seemingly constant round of birthdays, with trampolines in the back garden, inflatable bouncy castle things hired, caterers brought in (!) and the never ending need to buy something new to wear and wonder that maybe it has all got a bit much. The kids don't really care , do they? Its the adults who are driving it all. I realise I'm getting older, and yes, my childhood has a sepia glow now over it. Some things change, but young kids don't. For his birthday, my partners brother gave his 2 year old nephew an empty box. It was gift wrapped. The two year old got tonnes of other expensive stuff that was largely ignored in favour of making the box into a car, a spaceship, a house. He played with it for aaages. Happy days! The description of the birthday parties you went to (and the frequency) reminded me so much of my own childhood. With a wee sister, and 3 cousins (my Mum and Aunt are twins, and as kids we were forever in each others houses causing mayhem) birthdays were celebrated, but not to excess. We had a cake (with the paper fringe – I’d forgotten all about it til now!), sometimes straws, played parlour games like pass the parcel and all that sort of stuff. In fact, pretty much everything you described was my experience of birthday parties.

I listen to some adults now talking about the seemingly constant round of birthdays, with trampolines in the back garden, inflatable bouncy castle things hired, caterers brought in (!) and the never ending need to buy something new to wear and wonder that maybe it has all got a bit much. The kids don’t really care , do they? Its the adults who are driving it all.

I realise I’m getting older, and yes, my childhood has a sepia glow now over it. Some things change, but young kids don’t.

For his birthday, my partners brother gave his 2 year old nephew an empty box. It was gift wrapped. The two year old got tonnes of other expensive stuff that was largely ignored in favour of making the box into a car, a spaceship, a house. He played with it for aaages. Happy days!

]]> By: Amy Smith http://www.julieduffy.com/passion/parenthood/millennial-moms/spoiled/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Amy Smith Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:20:21 +0000 http://jwordsmith.wordpress.com/?p=551#comment-107 Julie, I'm totally with you on this. I blogged about it myself in November!! :) LET KIDS BE KIDS!!! Amy Ps - hope you're feeling better! http://familyinphoenixville.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-have-this-second-career.html Julie, I’m totally with you on this. I blogged about it myself in November!! :) LET KIDS BE KIDS!!!
Amy
Ps – hope you’re feeling better!

http://familyinphoenixville.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-have-this-second-career.html

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