Did anyone else do progressive Christmas presents?

[TheFSMisreal]

It seems like I'm the only one. According to Facebook atleast. My son is super excited to earn his next lot. There must be others though right?

I’m lost. Gave up reading at page two as Still made no sense.

The OP is not an idiot, just building her own fun and traditions with her own child.

What ever works for you, op

building her own fun and traditions is as wanky a phrase as "making memories".
Creating arbitrary rules around Christmas presents isn't fun, anyway.

OP your first mistake was assuming that members of a UK web forum would have heard of your terminology.

The second mistake was not having done your homework on MN, if you had, you would have known that we are renowned for plain speaking and intolerance of batshit draconian parenting theories.

No buttons for you.

PS . Urban Dictionary is a good place to look up the meaning of wanky

I quite like the idea of presents over the Christmas period. So main presents on Christmas day. Followed by further presents over the week. So for example: Xbox +one game Xmas day. Another game or gadget boxing day etc. Or a series of books . I like the idea the presents would be related.

Earnt??? Don't be ridiculous

That's batshit and I quite frankly don't believe you.

Well that's sad everyone just seems to spoil their kids or its Christmas and that's it. I guess this generation won't grow up learning the value of things

Sorry What???? I'm pretty sure most people on here got spoilt over Christmas as a child, they may even still do so, I'm also pretty sure people on here know the value of things. The two are not excluding each other, you can be spoilt at Christmas and your birthday and learn the value of things, equally you can know the value of things and enjoy being spoilt and tbh spoiling other people. Some one said earlier in the tread not everything needs to be a life lesson and present giving and receiving should just be fun. That's actually the life lesson with giving and receiving that some things are JUST NICE AND FUN! I get that you think your think your starting Christmas traditions but sorry I'm not sure it's right.

And did you say he has to "earn" books Pardon what the actual he'll!

This is incredible. I'm going to remove all of teenage DSC's presents now and they can earn them back, one at a time by cleaning their rooms and loading the dishwasher.

I expect they may have one or 2 back by the time they are 30.

Well I simply couldn't be arsed with this amount of complexity in my life. If your child an only one? Imagine following this rubbish with four children!

Is it open to adults too? I can just imagine saying to DH, I know you love your socks but just wait until you see how fucking amazing they could be if you play your cards right over the next few months....

So if I eat all the chocolate in my stocking, have I earnt the option to level up to a box of hotel chocolat?

Every so often I read a thread that makes me really . Today it was this one!

I think it's safe to say that the people of mumsnet aren't loving this idea!

By the time they have earned the extra bits the original toy has probably been dumped in the bottom of the toy box already because it had legs missing or wouldn't button up

Your child has to "earn" books? Have a word with yourself OP. This progressive present giving bollocks is just a fancy name for something that most parents have always done. Books should never be seen as a treat or reward, hence the need for libraries, ie: free.

If you are lucky enough to have a child who loves to read, you should be encouraging that, not linking it to rewards.

Oh and I agree, you are very rude

My child got a doll last year and we have bought accessories for it over the year I guess, so that’s kind of progressive. Dolly got an upgraded pram this year to replace the crappy Asda buggy it came with. I wouldn’t describe it as a system so much, but it was a present with lots of scope for progression! And my older child got Lego sets and then keeps getting more Lego sets...sort of progressive??

Progressive Christmas is not a thing. Surely in the history of mumsnet we would have heard about it. My DD had a David Walliams book a few years ago, she liked it so much we bought her more during the year, you don’t have to label that. As for the dressing gown button thing....
Is it a way of bribing your dc to be good, it’s a reward system? Except you have decided to call it something else. Why haven’t you explained it properly?

What a load of tosh

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PerspicaciaTick no, either read what I written or bore off. You're just annoying duck*

OP either explain how this batshit thing works and answer the actually very sensible questions people are asking or bore off. You're just get shot controlling and weird "duck"

What the crappery is this all about?

I have lots of progressive presents, if I'm a good girl and eat a chocolate I get another one. What's not to like?

OP makes up “parenting technique”

MNers who on the whole have been doing the parenting thing a little longer say “that’s nice for you”

OP continues to exclaim the merits of what is a very weird made-up parenting technique

MN says “whaaaat?”

OP will hopefully grow out of it in a few years. Also will hopefully not rave on about it to the other parents at the school gate as the reaction from them will be the same as MN, even if not to OP’s face.

Loving some of these comments.

Mine was so measured in comparison. I’m happy to go along with batshit though!!

What a lot of wankery
Earning books.... buttons.. .. makes no sense to me

I have heard it all now