Parents, have you ever bought your child when you think is the coolest Christmas present...?

Nope. And I have never heard of a parent really going through with withholding present. That said, I think it is the right thing to withhold presents if he is acting up.

Parents keep telling their kids that Santa won't bring them what they want if they are naughty - but Christmas morning, the kids are shown that it doesn't really matter if you are good or bad. Christmas = presents. I think if less parents would spoil their kids, maybe more kids would realize that actions have consequences.

So far, my daughter trusts me to follow through with what I say I am going to do. She is fairly well behaved. She doesn't want to miss out on stuff.

EDIT: If he is only 4 and has been stuck inside, no wonder he is acting up a bit. Still, he needs to know there are consequences. If he saw a lot of stuff, I would intentionally NOT give him some of what he saw.

IF he asks why he didn't get ___ , tell him that he has been being naughty so you decided not to give it to him. (you can always give it to him later when his behavior improves.) How long until his birthday? Could you give him a few presents for Christmas to help keep him entertained when stuck indoors and hold on to the other presents until his birthday?

I think that is an empty threat and honestly I don't agree with that threat anyway. I didn't have a happy childhood but Christmas was usually a day I looked forward to for over a month, Christmas was one happy day. When I got to be a teenager I enjoyed giving gifts more than recieving them and after my parents divorce my mom got her first real birthday and Christmas in a while (where she got nice gifts and didn't have to buy them for herself) from me.

Wow I just read he is four, if he was older I would say you made the threat now keep to it but at his age he should be getting time outs, and getting things he already HAS taken away, not Christmas!

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