To not let DD buy a furbie?

[BridgetJonesPants]

At shops today and DD (age 8) spots furbies and decides she wants to buy one with her own money. She claims to have wanted one for ages .

Anyway I refused to loan her the money so she could buy it and now she's not talking to me now - which is rather amusing.

I know it's her money and she should be able to spend it as she pleases. However, I worry about her attitude to money...easy come, easy go and I just know the furby will be a one week wonder and then it'll be dropped just like all the Birthday & Christmas toys that have hardly seen light of day.

I would prefer her to wait a couple of months to see if she still really wants one and if so, then she could buy it. However, I know I'm going to get my ear nipped over this until I allow her to buy it.

How should I best deal with this.

Honestly? It's her money. If she buys it and loses interest then so be it - it's better she learns that lesson now than later on with something more expensive. Her money, her choice (her mistake!)

why did she lose interrst in all her other present so quick did she not ask or like them?

A couple of months is a very long time for an 8 year old as well. It's her money and her choice.

I would refuse to loan her the money - much better for her to save up until she has enough to pay for it outright. If, by the time she's saved, she no longer wants it - then problem solved. If it is what she chooses to spend her own money on, and ignores it a week later, then maybe it'll be a lesson learnt.

I would refuse as they are The devils work.

Unfortunately she does have the money, just not with her otherwise I would have agreed she could get it but only once she'd saved up for it.

DP's family/friends give her money, even when it's not a special occasion so she does see money as 'easy come, easy go'. She would spend every penny she gets if I didn't bank some of it for her.

On the plus side, she's talking to me again .

I hear all you that say just let her buy it as it's her money and part of me agrees with this. However, she's already bought a magic set, clothes and some art & craft stuff from her Christmas money so I just felt the furbie is just too much. I think I'll put up with the moaning and if it's still going on after 2 weeks, then she can buy it.

Since posting this thread, we've just had a bit of do with a furby.

I got my DS one. For his Birthday last week, he is 7 and still likes his animals a and soft toys etc. He was delighted with it.changed batteries earlier and off he took it upstairs.

He then came back a few minutes later tearful saying it had gone all angry with him, I found furby where he'd dropped it. (yes he's quite a little sensitive one) We had to be very nice to it to get it to change back. He wouldn't have it in the bedroom, it's now downstairs on the dining room table.

Oh dear! Not a furbie!!
Annoying little things!! My DD has one (had!). After 2 days of furbie nonsense I put it away in a dark room never to see the light of day again!

Thankfully DD seems to have forgotten about the wretched thing!

Do NOT under ANY circumstances let her buy the bastard thing! My DD was totally traumatised yesterday when her lovely little thing went all evil on her speaking in a weird deep raspy voice, belching like a pig and had scary eyes. DD was properly scared and it freaked me out totally! I took its batteries out for a bit then had to stroke its head for about 15 mins to turn it nice again. It was DDs favourite Christmas present and she's played with it every day and now she's too scared to have it in her room. I just told her it was in a bit of a bad mood. :)

they evil and have serious attitudes - OMG or blah blah blah.com is fave phrases of ours

luckily we havent had scary faces

Goodness - I dread to think what mood my DD's furbie will be in if ever allowed out of the dark room! Think I'm going to have nightmares about it taking on a life of its own and coming into my room tonight!