Mom Shares A Christmas Hack To Stop Kids From Begging For Toys In Shops
It’s a difficult time to be a parent. Shops are putting up their Christmas decorations and kids are really noticing them. Especially in the toy section. They want their gifts and they want them now.
So, after one mom got sick and tired of in-store meltdowns, she decided to put an end to them. And found a brilliant way to do so as well. Kristina Watts from Belfair, Washington came up with a simple yet genius trick – creating a photo wishlist.
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The mom-of-three said everything started last year. “Our town was hit by Hurricane Michael, a Cat 5 hurricane, and it was devastating. I was approached to help find a way to provide Christmas toys for a local Title 1 Elementary school. The church that usually supplies Christmas gifts to Lucille Moore Elementary couldn’t do it last year because everyone was struggling so much. So I made an Amazon Wishlist for all 500 kids, kindergarten – 5th grade, and went LIVE on Facebook and called my friends to action. Within days, our house was filled with toys from people all over the US. Then we added a second school and before we knew it, we had our own USPS truck delivering toys for a week,” she told Bored Panda.
“We had about $45,000 worth of toys and Razor scooters in our garage and bedroom. Our kids helped my husband and I unbox and organize all of them. Of course, as a two-year-old, you want all the toys that are in your own house. Dolls, arts and crafts, everything you can imagine. It was like having our own toy store. [Emmie] wanted to open and play with everything and did not understand that they weren’t for her. I mean she was 2!”
“So, I started to take pictures of her with the ones she liked and told her that maybe she can get one too,” Kristina explained. “It worked. She stopped trying to get everything out of its package. She’d carry it around, take a picture, and put it back.”
“We ended up distributing a toy and Razor scooter to every child at Lucille Moore Elementary, and a toy to each child at Cedar Grove Elementary. Around 1100 kids. It was crazy, but that’s how we started doing it!”
Kristina believes that the hack works so well because the child ultimately feels seen and validated. “Like you’re listening to them and getting excited with them. I’m not promising Emmie all of these toys, nor does she get them all. It’s just hope and joy. It’s the modern-day version of circling all the toys in the JC Penney catalog. We never thought we’d get it all, but it’s fun to dream and feel like your parents are looking.”
“A lot of people have been criticizing me for not just ‘saying no,'” she added. “Believe me, my children hear ‘NO’. A lot. This post was just something fun and quick I threw up on Facebook one night. I’m not trying to be a parenting guru, I’m by no means the perfect parent. I’m just another mom, running all the Christmas errands, trying to make shopping a little easier and a little more fun. I’m just trying to do my best and raise decent humans. This hack is just another way to prevent some tears and get through. Plus, how cute is Emmie in all these pictures on my phone?!”
Here’s what people said about Kristina’s trick
Heck...I do this with MYSELF. I take pics of things I think I want in the moment. Later (when I'm home) I go through the pics and delete the ones I don't actually want. I will then search online for the things I REALLY want and usually end up finding them at a better price.
I do this too haha. I have a folder on my phone of pictures and screenshots of things I want to buy. I visit it every so often and remove stuff I no longer want after the moment passed.
Great idea! Then you don't have to "un-shop" and face return difficulties, etc. -- or struggle to make room on the kitchen counter for the combination juicer-pasta maker-espresso-cotton candy machine.
me too Carly Kim! :D haha
ME TOO! I have a wish list on Amazon. I shop till I drop and NEVER buy anything! I’ve cut way back on the number of tantrums I have!😆
I do the same, especially with books.
My gf does this, too!
To all the people with the "back in my day" comments, YAY. I somewhat agree, I did the same. But seriously, move on...life and technology has changed, stop bashing parents for using tricks that are available to them but were not available to you or yours. Grow...Up! Yes, even the "adults" here need to grow up. My kids don't need this trick, they accept the word No. But, I still use it for ideas for their birthday and christmas, and it does work. I also dont tell them Santa is real (I have an issue with the lie, but also teach them not to interfere with other kids believing and the spirit of Santa and giving is important) so they know that the pictures are idea generation for family. They might get it, and like circling the overly expensive gifts in a catalog from my day it allows them to dream of getting a huge item they know is unlikely.
I thought " back in my day, I wish I had this opportunity". I just did everything in my power to avoid the toy store/ department at this time of year and said: "ask Santa".
Maybe the back in the day comments don't directly tie in with the post, but the toy catalog was mainly what many people had for shopping. We seldom went to a store with toys, except the five and dime where we always went to buy each other gifts. My Mom went one step further and gave us a maximum price each year on what we were to pick out and mark. School age children got practice reading descriptions and prices. Mom had only to look through the catalog to get gift ideas. We could dream of the high priced items, but that was all.
Parents need to stop spoiling kids and making them feel entitled. Technology or not, grow a pair and stop it.
Back in my day we didn’t have phones or gifts or happiness.
lol we still don't have happiness :')
My parents didn't tolerate tantrums so we knew better than to have them in the first place. I can't even imagine them trying to negotiate with us like that when I was a kid.
Raising a greedy little over consumer.
I rarely took my kids out to shop with me.
You're lucky you didn't need too, not everybody has the luxury
Besides this working like a charm to prevent endless whining, it also comes in handy when you actually have to buy something. When I see the pictures it's easier to recollect what they actually seem to want and what was just because of the moment and being there and being a kid in 2019.
why take them to see the plastic manufactured crap in the first place? Ever hear of gifting experiences? Give a kid lunch and an afternoon exploring the natural history museum.
I don't know, if this was my sister growing up she would have expected every one of those gifts under the tree. Granted her memory is outrageously good, but I would love to see an update about this AFTER Christmas.
Yeah. Even if the kid tends to forget things quickly, there might be some things they get really excited about owning so they don't forget those... Telling them that they can't have everything (which is the truth, no matter how much you sugar-coat it) forces them to make priorities, and gives you the chance to get them what they want the most.
What happened to teaching your kids "NO" and teaching them NOT to have tantrums . Tantrums = consequences. There is no way my mom would have tolerated a tantrum. Not at home. Not in public for sure.
Um...here's a parenting hack...don't spoil or entitle your kids. My parents didn't treat my brothers and I that way and we never acted like the world owed us something. I am raising my daughters the SAME way, as a single mom. No issues.
I used to let my kids pick out toys to donate. It made them surprisingly happy to share their good fortune, and they learned to keep giving as they grew up.
Good idea - glad it's working for you! Thanks for sharing it. Also, your daughter is adorable. :-D
Or you could teach your kids not to act that way and that they don't get everything they want. Grossssss.
Jennine Paul, how did you teach your kids? Was it easy?
Yes, it was easy. When they were little, the first time they did it, we left the store and they lost the privilege of playing with the toys they had at home for the rest of the day. We taught our kids to be grateful for what they have. Those who are not grateful can do without. Screaming about a toy you want when parents have said "no" is not being grateful. We also never gave in to tantrums and screaming at home. Additionally, we model this behavior by not buying ourselves a bunch of frivolous junk and repairing things that are broken. So, I think it's more about the attitudes you cultivate through a variety of actions, lessons, etc. It's "easy" because it's something we've been doing since they were young. Maybe not so easy if you're trying to back track on years of fostering undesirable behavior.
Nobody said teaching children was easy, but if you don't have the energy of the patience you'd better not have children.
For me it was. I always took every chance to teach my children about how grateful they should be and how they have much more than a lot of other children in the world. Same thing with chores, every time my kids complained about chores I would tell them how lucky they are. For example, if they complain about doing dishes, I would say "you're doing dishes because you just ate a nourishing meal that children across the world didn't get to eat."
Parenting isn't easy. It's work, but it's the best kind. We taught them the word 'no' and not to ask for toys. As my daughter aged (6.5) we started giving an allowance for extra jobs outside of household chores. Three dollars a week. We bought her a piggy bank with three sections, Save Share and Spend. She allocates it as she sees fit for now and if she decides she'd like something and has saved enough for it, she can choose to spend her money on it. If she doesn't have enough, she won't get it. If she does, she can. We take her to the animal shelter to greet the animals monthly, while we're there she donates from her Share section. If she didn't allocate any there then we don't go and she loves to go. It is a lovely thing for both her and them. Our 2.5 year old son is learning this behavior from her example and we enforce the rule of "no" as needed. It's been much easier with her setting this precedent.
Parenting isn't supposed to be easy ffs.
I guess parents nowadays are afraid to teach their kids the word no and that they don't NEED all the toys. Would create 1000 ways to avoid tantrums instead of dealing with the actual problem...
The kid is 2, not 5. It's not like Mom can either leave her home alone or tie her out in the car. And she said they were buying for underprivileged kids, so she *had* to go in amongst the "I-want-that-for-Christmas",er, stuff. This is a legitimate way to ward off tantrums until the kid is old enough to just look longingly at stuff. I think it's brilliant, myself. It's a parent showing interest in her child's interests.
Or... you could just say no & teach your kid not to throw tantrums.
I'm sure they do that at home (it says in the article that she says no a lot), but that takes time and in the middle of a store, not really worth it. Besides, for really little kids you can't reason with them. Seven is the age of reason. Before that you are just wasting your energy.
Definitely. But that requires at least two spare neurons, and nowadays most people don't even have one. Then we complain because kids grow up to be disgusting entitled tyrants, but we don't have time to teach them they can't have everything they wish or throw tantrums.
Says the person with no kids
You can teach, doesn't mean they will listen.
"Back in the day" when I was jonsing for something from Santa, we wrote him. I don't know WHAT my parents thought from age 5-10, when the only thing on my list was a horse. (We lived in the suburbs. I didn't get one.)
Saying no works too.
I am a Karen and I judge you as: AWESOME!!! This hack is EPIC!!! Also my kids are wild as anything, I'm not judging anyone's kids!
Or you could just stop lying to children about Christmas.....
Even better, don't shop so much, leave darling child a home when you have to.
I recall a father, when confronted with "is Santa real?" had an opportunity to offer a lesson in the true Christmas spirit - giving to others. It was good!
Nice. And if you see your kid consistently going to the same toy, staring wistfully at it, you know you'll have a winner for Santa to bring.
This is a good idea. Photos are also a good idea when a friend borrows a book or DVD or anything, really. Then you KNOW who you let borrow it.
Where has the attitude of entitlement in children come from nowadays? Me and my siblings wouldn't have thought to act up in public. Not that we had the idea and thought better of it... We just didn't get the thought of embarrassing our parents in public. Ever. It was a simple matter of respect. In our parents and ourselves. Something sadly lacking nowadays.
Oh yes, absolutely cater to their every whine!! Try being a parent and say NO!!!!!
It will work her entire life long! My friend took photos of her daughter trying on different wedding gowns and then of the bridesmaids trying on different dresses. Instead of poring over magazines with tall skinny models, she looked at herself in different designs, made a list of all the things she liked most, then went to the bridal store and asked if they had a gown with these three design elements. THEY DID! Done in a week. She also let her three bridesmaids pick out their own cream-colored dresses -- photo-approved, of course -- and they wore a lavender ribbon around their waist that matched the flowers. Mischief managed!
Genius tip from a blogger I follow for behaving at home - tell them the smoke alarm is Santa's surveillance system and he's watching them. If they really kick off, burn some toast to set it off and tell them Santa's seen them being naughty...
That works for adults too. What do you think Pinterest and online shopping wishlists are for? bwahaha. But credit to mom's who have figured out a way to curtail tantrums.
I hope she reads this. Look up THE KNEELING SANTA children's books!
Abusive sounding? Tell that to your "kid" that's been to jail 100 times. Do you want them to learn now or never?
Just goes to show that kids need attention more than the things that are aimed at them on TV & in the shops.
Two comments. One we always told our girls before entering a store why we were there and what I was purchasing. Our oldest tried the tantrum route the get a Barbie when I only had money for a spool of thread. My solution... to grab the child and leave the store and go home. My neice pulled this once with me while shopping with my mom and sister. Yup, I grabbed the child and announced we would wait in the car. Again never tried this again. The only time the tantrum almost worked involved ruining the child's surprise. My middle daughter threw a crying fit over a doll. It was a Cabbage kid astronaut. I said no. She cried harder and promised to be my slave for the rest of her life if I would buy her the doll for Christmas. After what seemed like hours of her washing (tears) and drying (rolling on) the floor in toys-are-us. I looked her straight in the eye and asked if she thought I wouldn't get her the doll. I than explained that I already purchased the doll and it was home.
Cute kid
It doesn't sound like a terrible idea, but that kid picks up EVERYTHING.
She's just a kid
And forgets it just as fast, once she's had her 15 seconds of fame with Mommy camera.
I usually think these articles are stupid, but this is actually quite ingenious!
This is brilliant! I would say with jewelry items to get a good close-up so that family members can see it better.
Simple and cheap additional hack: Buy a CHEAP prepaid cell phone and put 50 bucks on it. Then, use THAT number as "Santa's". The kid is none the wiser, you can have a phone number that is legitimately "Santa's" and no one else's, then can later decide who should get what for the child, if anyone needs gift ideas.
Great idea. The one with the note from Santa, too; but get someone else to write the note so the kid doesn't recognize the handwriting
I do this for myself when I go to the bookstore. I take pictures and later I go to Amazon to see if the books are available for Kindle. Usually I end up not buying anything. It doesn't work with other items so I don't recommend doing it when is Black Friday, for instance.
It's a great idea. Guess I'm lucky that I never got the kinds of kids that had a meltdown when they heard the word no though!
When im shopping and if i see parents whit melt down kids.. I go there and look littel worry and i say "oh no do you saw the santas littel helper just ther" and kids at least stop.. Then i say whisper " you are nice to momy and Sister.. 😉👍 Many time parents get me and ask where i saw.. 😉👍
Yea it’s always a great thing to do! You have absolutely no idea of what is actually causing their current problems, but because you can’t mind your own business/life you have to jump right in.
What a lying manipulative bitch!
Wait! Isn't that a standar move world wide??? Here in México have seen this quite a wile, or a slight variation " mom i want that" "Cool sweetie, draw (or remember) it and send it to santa (or los reyes magos) in your letter".
lol, i do the exact thing with my girls. i tell them let me take a picture of it so i can tell santa you want it....thought i was the only one ;-)
Lucky
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I LOVE this idea. Mom is right, it validates the kid, and makes her feel heard, but without any promises.
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This is Pinterest, but also great parenting. I also do it for myself...saves me a ton of money!
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Genius idea, and way less emotionally abusive-sounding like others I’ve heard. Especially since kids have always (since time immemorial) wanted everything they saw while in the store, but totally forgot about it by the time they got home. Plus it makes it really easy for the person you decide to pass the picture to, if you feel your child really does want that particular thing, instead of it being a passing fancy. It can be hard for some people to shop for children, since not everyone has kids the same age or is up to date on all the latest popular toys and gadgets.
I don't understand why people are downvoting you. I completely agree with you
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What happens when your son or daughter doesn't LIKE pictures? What do you do then?
They don't have to be in the pictures?
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Heck...I do this with MYSELF. I take pics of things I think I want in the moment. Later (when I'm home) I go through the pics and delete the ones I don't actually want. I will then search online for the things I REALLY want and usually end up finding them at a better price.
I do this too haha. I have a folder on my phone of pictures and screenshots of things I want to buy. I visit it every so often and remove stuff I no longer want after the moment passed.
Great idea! Then you don't have to "un-shop" and face return difficulties, etc. -- or struggle to make room on the kitchen counter for the combination juicer-pasta maker-espresso-cotton candy machine.
me too Carly Kim! :D haha
ME TOO! I have a wish list on Amazon. I shop till I drop and NEVER buy anything! I’ve cut way back on the number of tantrums I have!😆
I do the same, especially with books.
My gf does this, too!
To all the people with the "back in my day" comments, YAY. I somewhat agree, I did the same. But seriously, move on...life and technology has changed, stop bashing parents for using tricks that are available to them but were not available to you or yours. Grow...Up! Yes, even the "adults" here need to grow up. My kids don't need this trick, they accept the word No. But, I still use it for ideas for their birthday and christmas, and it does work. I also dont tell them Santa is real (I have an issue with the lie, but also teach them not to interfere with other kids believing and the spirit of Santa and giving is important) so they know that the pictures are idea generation for family. They might get it, and like circling the overly expensive gifts in a catalog from my day it allows them to dream of getting a huge item they know is unlikely.
I thought " back in my day, I wish I had this opportunity". I just did everything in my power to avoid the toy store/ department at this time of year and said: "ask Santa".
Maybe the back in the day comments don't directly tie in with the post, but the toy catalog was mainly what many people had for shopping. We seldom went to a store with toys, except the five and dime where we always went to buy each other gifts. My Mom went one step further and gave us a maximum price each year on what we were to pick out and mark. School age children got practice reading descriptions and prices. Mom had only to look through the catalog to get gift ideas. We could dream of the high priced items, but that was all.
Parents need to stop spoiling kids and making them feel entitled. Technology or not, grow a pair and stop it.
Back in my day we didn’t have phones or gifts or happiness.
lol we still don't have happiness :')
My parents didn't tolerate tantrums so we knew better than to have them in the first place. I can't even imagine them trying to negotiate with us like that when I was a kid.
Raising a greedy little over consumer.
I rarely took my kids out to shop with me.
You're lucky you didn't need too, not everybody has the luxury
Besides this working like a charm to prevent endless whining, it also comes in handy when you actually have to buy something. When I see the pictures it's easier to recollect what they actually seem to want and what was just because of the moment and being there and being a kid in 2019.
why take them to see the plastic manufactured crap in the first place? Ever hear of gifting experiences? Give a kid lunch and an afternoon exploring the natural history museum.
I don't know, if this was my sister growing up she would have expected every one of those gifts under the tree. Granted her memory is outrageously good, but I would love to see an update about this AFTER Christmas.
Yeah. Even if the kid tends to forget things quickly, there might be some things they get really excited about owning so they don't forget those... Telling them that they can't have everything (which is the truth, no matter how much you sugar-coat it) forces them to make priorities, and gives you the chance to get them what they want the most.
What happened to teaching your kids "NO" and teaching them NOT to have tantrums . Tantrums = consequences. There is no way my mom would have tolerated a tantrum. Not at home. Not in public for sure.
Um...here's a parenting hack...don't spoil or entitle your kids. My parents didn't treat my brothers and I that way and we never acted like the world owed us something. I am raising my daughters the SAME way, as a single mom. No issues.
I used to let my kids pick out toys to donate. It made them surprisingly happy to share their good fortune, and they learned to keep giving as they grew up.
Good idea - glad it's working for you! Thanks for sharing it. Also, your daughter is adorable. :-D
Or you could teach your kids not to act that way and that they don't get everything they want. Grossssss.
Jennine Paul, how did you teach your kids? Was it easy?
Yes, it was easy. When they were little, the first time they did it, we left the store and they lost the privilege of playing with the toys they had at home for the rest of the day. We taught our kids to be grateful for what they have. Those who are not grateful can do without. Screaming about a toy you want when parents have said "no" is not being grateful. We also never gave in to tantrums and screaming at home. Additionally, we model this behavior by not buying ourselves a bunch of frivolous junk and repairing things that are broken. So, I think it's more about the attitudes you cultivate through a variety of actions, lessons, etc. It's "easy" because it's something we've been doing since they were young. Maybe not so easy if you're trying to back track on years of fostering undesirable behavior.
Nobody said teaching children was easy, but if you don't have the energy of the patience you'd better not have children.
For me it was. I always took every chance to teach my children about how grateful they should be and how they have much more than a lot of other children in the world. Same thing with chores, every time my kids complained about chores I would tell them how lucky they are. For example, if they complain about doing dishes, I would say "you're doing dishes because you just ate a nourishing meal that children across the world didn't get to eat."
Parenting isn't easy. It's work, but it's the best kind. We taught them the word 'no' and not to ask for toys. As my daughter aged (6.5) we started giving an allowance for extra jobs outside of household chores. Three dollars a week. We bought her a piggy bank with three sections, Save Share and Spend. She allocates it as she sees fit for now and if she decides she'd like something and has saved enough for it, she can choose to spend her money on it. If she doesn't have enough, she won't get it. If she does, she can. We take her to the animal shelter to greet the animals monthly, while we're there she donates from her Share section. If she didn't allocate any there then we don't go and she loves to go. It is a lovely thing for both her and them. Our 2.5 year old son is learning this behavior from her example and we enforce the rule of "no" as needed. It's been much easier with her setting this precedent.
Parenting isn't supposed to be easy ffs.
I guess parents nowadays are afraid to teach their kids the word no and that they don't NEED all the toys. Would create 1000 ways to avoid tantrums instead of dealing with the actual problem...
The kid is 2, not 5. It's not like Mom can either leave her home alone or tie her out in the car. And she said they were buying for underprivileged kids, so she *had* to go in amongst the "I-want-that-for-Christmas",er, stuff. This is a legitimate way to ward off tantrums until the kid is old enough to just look longingly at stuff. I think it's brilliant, myself. It's a parent showing interest in her child's interests.
Or... you could just say no & teach your kid not to throw tantrums.
I'm sure they do that at home (it says in the article that she says no a lot), but that takes time and in the middle of a store, not really worth it. Besides, for really little kids you can't reason with them. Seven is the age of reason. Before that you are just wasting your energy.
Definitely. But that requires at least two spare neurons, and nowadays most people don't even have one. Then we complain because kids grow up to be disgusting entitled tyrants, but we don't have time to teach them they can't have everything they wish or throw tantrums.
Says the person with no kids
You can teach, doesn't mean they will listen.
"Back in the day" when I was jonsing for something from Santa, we wrote him. I don't know WHAT my parents thought from age 5-10, when the only thing on my list was a horse. (We lived in the suburbs. I didn't get one.)
Saying no works too.
I am a Karen and I judge you as: AWESOME!!! This hack is EPIC!!! Also my kids are wild as anything, I'm not judging anyone's kids!
Or you could just stop lying to children about Christmas.....
Even better, don't shop so much, leave darling child a home when you have to.
I recall a father, when confronted with "is Santa real?" had an opportunity to offer a lesson in the true Christmas spirit - giving to others. It was good!
Nice. And if you see your kid consistently going to the same toy, staring wistfully at it, you know you'll have a winner for Santa to bring.
This is a good idea. Photos are also a good idea when a friend borrows a book or DVD or anything, really. Then you KNOW who you let borrow it.
Where has the attitude of entitlement in children come from nowadays? Me and my siblings wouldn't have thought to act up in public. Not that we had the idea and thought better of it... We just didn't get the thought of embarrassing our parents in public. Ever. It was a simple matter of respect. In our parents and ourselves. Something sadly lacking nowadays.
Oh yes, absolutely cater to their every whine!! Try being a parent and say NO!!!!!
It will work her entire life long! My friend took photos of her daughter trying on different wedding gowns and then of the bridesmaids trying on different dresses. Instead of poring over magazines with tall skinny models, she looked at herself in different designs, made a list of all the things she liked most, then went to the bridal store and asked if they had a gown with these three design elements. THEY DID! Done in a week. She also let her three bridesmaids pick out their own cream-colored dresses -- photo-approved, of course -- and they wore a lavender ribbon around their waist that matched the flowers. Mischief managed!
Genius tip from a blogger I follow for behaving at home - tell them the smoke alarm is Santa's surveillance system and he's watching them. If they really kick off, burn some toast to set it off and tell them Santa's seen them being naughty...
That works for adults too. What do you think Pinterest and online shopping wishlists are for? bwahaha. But credit to mom's who have figured out a way to curtail tantrums.
I hope she reads this. Look up THE KNEELING SANTA children's books!
Abusive sounding? Tell that to your "kid" that's been to jail 100 times. Do you want them to learn now or never?
Just goes to show that kids need attention more than the things that are aimed at them on TV & in the shops.
Two comments. One we always told our girls before entering a store why we were there and what I was purchasing. Our oldest tried the tantrum route the get a Barbie when I only had money for a spool of thread. My solution... to grab the child and leave the store and go home. My neice pulled this once with me while shopping with my mom and sister. Yup, I grabbed the child and announced we would wait in the car. Again never tried this again. The only time the tantrum almost worked involved ruining the child's surprise. My middle daughter threw a crying fit over a doll. It was a Cabbage kid astronaut. I said no. She cried harder and promised to be my slave for the rest of her life if I would buy her the doll for Christmas. After what seemed like hours of her washing (tears) and drying (rolling on) the floor in toys-are-us. I looked her straight in the eye and asked if she thought I wouldn't get her the doll. I than explained that I already purchased the doll and it was home.
Cute kid
It doesn't sound like a terrible idea, but that kid picks up EVERYTHING.
She's just a kid
And forgets it just as fast, once she's had her 15 seconds of fame with Mommy camera.
I usually think these articles are stupid, but this is actually quite ingenious!
This is brilliant! I would say with jewelry items to get a good close-up so that family members can see it better.
Simple and cheap additional hack: Buy a CHEAP prepaid cell phone and put 50 bucks on it. Then, use THAT number as "Santa's". The kid is none the wiser, you can have a phone number that is legitimately "Santa's" and no one else's, then can later decide who should get what for the child, if anyone needs gift ideas.
Great idea. The one with the note from Santa, too; but get someone else to write the note so the kid doesn't recognize the handwriting
I do this for myself when I go to the bookstore. I take pictures and later I go to Amazon to see if the books are available for Kindle. Usually I end up not buying anything. It doesn't work with other items so I don't recommend doing it when is Black Friday, for instance.
It's a great idea. Guess I'm lucky that I never got the kinds of kids that had a meltdown when they heard the word no though!
When im shopping and if i see parents whit melt down kids.. I go there and look littel worry and i say "oh no do you saw the santas littel helper just ther" and kids at least stop.. Then i say whisper " you are nice to momy and Sister.. 😉👍 Many time parents get me and ask where i saw.. 😉👍
Yea it’s always a great thing to do! You have absolutely no idea of what is actually causing their current problems, but because you can’t mind your own business/life you have to jump right in.
What a lying manipulative bitch!
Wait! Isn't that a standar move world wide??? Here in México have seen this quite a wile, or a slight variation " mom i want that" "Cool sweetie, draw (or remember) it and send it to santa (or los reyes magos) in your letter".
lol, i do the exact thing with my girls. i tell them let me take a picture of it so i can tell santa you want it....thought i was the only one ;-)
Lucky
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I LOVE this idea. Mom is right, it validates the kid, and makes her feel heard, but without any promises.
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This is Pinterest, but also great parenting. I also do it for myself...saves me a ton of money!
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Genius idea, and way less emotionally abusive-sounding like others I’ve heard. Especially since kids have always (since time immemorial) wanted everything they saw while in the store, but totally forgot about it by the time they got home. Plus it makes it really easy for the person you decide to pass the picture to, if you feel your child really does want that particular thing, instead of it being a passing fancy. It can be hard for some people to shop for children, since not everyone has kids the same age or is up to date on all the latest popular toys and gadgets.
I don't understand why people are downvoting you. I completely agree with you
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What happens when your son or daughter doesn't LIKE pictures? What do you do then?
They don't have to be in the pictures?
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