Dd (7) really needed a new bike as hers is too small for her and she needs it to ride to school. Her birthday is 6 months away. We were away on an aeroplane visiting family at xmas so she couldn´t have the bike as a xmas present. Now dh has bought her a new bike and ds (4) will continue to get her old bikes when he´s big enough. I feel awful for ds. He is a good bike rider already and will never get a new bike. The bikes are too expensive to get a new one when there´s a perfectly good second hand one from dd standing in the cellar.
I am now thinking of buying ds a decent present. I don´t want ds to grow up remembering how dd always got everything new and he only ever got hand-me-downs.
Just I feel it´s wrong ds now getting a relatively big present when it´s neither Christmas nor birthday. We have far too many toys as it is and as I´m not earning at present, it´s not like I´m rolling in money.
How do you manage this with your kids?
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Goingdownthegarden · 28/03/2013 09:01
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