How times have changed . . . .

Interesting quote which I am fairly sure I saw in Ikea:

"Spend more time than money on your kids"

Always seemed very apt for me - a lot of these electronic gifts are used to entertain children as opposed to playing with them.
 
Your darn right, i got the top half of a football strip and a scarf when i was 10 and that's all i remember i was pretty chuffed with that also. Well maybe not that chuffed, i think i got the shorts after a fair bit of moaning. Biggest thing i got was a zx spectrum when i was 12 i think and spent many an hour on that, they don't make keyboards as though as those now nowadays, that keyboard a pretty hefty battering.
 
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I'd have been over the moon with just ONE model tractor for my entire birthday, in fact, I think I still would be :p
 
Goberpiles316 said:
My daughters 8th birthday is in a few weeks, and we have brought her a laptop, got a cracking deal and it only cost me £200. Reason buying her that was we had planned on getting a TV, but that would require a DVD player as well as running a connection or sky box to her room. The laptop means she can watch Sky GO when she wants and all the movies etc, so seemed a better buy long term.
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Why does an 8 year old need her own laptop? I'm all for kids being raised computer literate but a well monitored family computer would be fine for that. As for TV (of any form) in a child's bedroom well that would not float in my house. I don't see the need, TV should be a treat for children when they have been well behaved. Books on the other hand, I read something about how little kids read nowadays - that's a real shame.

I guess I must be a dying bread of parent who raised his kid that if he wants something he must work hard for it and that things in life aren't given to you on a silver plate.
 
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