If you are buying this kind of thing for a 7 year old, what will you get them when they are 13.14.15?

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This is the conversation my sister had with my dad at weekend.
My dad has bought his 7 year old an "X-box kit" which cost £250 for Christmas. Dads boy also has 3 Ds's (the XL, 3d one and an ordinary one)
My sister thinks that my dad spoils his boy and is indulgent.
My dad was a bit dumfounded at this question.
Obv its none of her buisiness, but i did stop and think..oh yes, what will be get him then?
ps i didnt get involved, said nowt because i know better from bitter experience.

So, was dsis bu to wonder this?

This is the second thread like this I have seen today.

Why cant people just let people buy what the feck they want for their kids?

YANBU
"Our social identity is shaped by values which psychologists classify as either extrinsic or intrinsic. Extrinsic values concern status and self-advancement. People with a strong set of extrinsic values fixate on how others see them. They cherish financial success, image and fame. Intrinsic values concern relationships with friends, family and community, and self-acceptance. Those who have a strong set of intrinsic values are not dependent on praise or rewards from other people. They have beliefs which transcend their self-interest.

Few people are all-extrinsic or all-intrinsic. Our social identity is formed by a mixture of values. But psychological tests in nearly 70 countries show that values cluster together in remarkably consistent patterns. Those who strongly value financial success, for example, have less empathy, stronger manipulative tendencies, a stronger attraction to hierarchy and inequality, stronger prejudices towards strangers and less concern about human rights and the environment. Those who have a strong sense of self-acceptance have more empathy and a greater concern about human rights, social justice and the environment. These values suppress each other: the stronger someone?s extrinsic aspirations, the weaker his or her intrinsic goals.

We are not born with our values. They are shaped by the social environment. By changing our perception of what is normal and acceptable"

Happiness through consumerism is normal and acceptable. Hooray.

DS is 12. He's had an Xbox for several years, a Nintendo DS for age (never wanted the latest ones), doesn't want a smartphone or an iPod, I'm totally stuck for gift ideas. The only thing he's asked for is the DVD of the Inbetweeners movie.

I find it odd that he is not acquisitive like most pre-teens are supposed to be. He does not even want pocket money.

Re the above, he seems neither intrinsic or extrinsic.