So the sick kid decided to put her ticket money plus her birthday money into an ipod touch. She spent all evening loading it up with tunes and apps, and seems to have forgotten about the concert she missed.
I do feel a little indulgent allowing my 11 year old to have a $200 device that I couldn't have even dreamed about at that age. I want my kids to understand how fortunate they are to have the things that they have--and I don't think they're there yet. But she's a good kid and she bought it with her own money, so hopefully this will be a lesson in responsibility (and not the kind that ends in tears.)
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I think that's a concern for me, where I didn't grow up with money, and now I have some money so I want to give my kid all the stuff I didn't have. But I don't want her to feel entitled to have all that stuff, I want her to appreciate that we're lucky to have it, and that other kids don't have it. I'm not sure yet how to do that.
I'm certain she really appreciates it and how great that she was able to recover her birthday treat by spending the evening loading it up. The flu sucks and you guys have had such a hard year. Little girl deserves some fun for her birthday. :)
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