Comments on: Make it stop! http://teamhuerta.com/2009/02/make-it-stop/ "Train up a child in the way he should go..." Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jessica http://teamhuerta.com/2009/02/make-it-stop/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Jessica Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:01:28 +0000 http://teamhuerta.com/?p=191#comment-226 I totally agree with you! This is really scary! We try to shelter them from commercials, shopping the toy aisle, etc, but it is getting harder and harder. So far they really don't have the "gimmees", but I know that won't last forever. When asked at Christmastime what she wanted for Christmas, H said she wanted a baby brother (or sister would be okay, too!). (mom note: sorry, that didn't happen!) I'm sure the man who asked her expected her to say a Barbie or some Princess stuff or something. Hey, I didn't even expect her answer! It comes down to what do we want to be teaching our kids? In our home we try hard to focus on being thankful for what we have, being content, and not being wasteful. We talk about kids in other countries (or even our country) who don't have the things we do. You might be interested in these websites. As a family I think we will try some modification of these ideas this summer. http://30daysofnothing.blogspot.com/ http://christtherock.wordpress.com/5-day-hunger-challenge/ I totally agree with you! This is really scary! We try to shelter them from commercials, shopping the toy aisle, etc, but it is getting harder and harder. So far they really don’t have the “gimmees”, but I know that won’t last forever. When asked at Christmastime what she wanted for Christmas, H said she wanted a baby brother (or sister would be okay, too!). (mom note: sorry, that didn’t happen!) I’m sure the man who asked her expected her to say a Barbie or some Princess stuff or something. Hey, I didn’t even expect her answer!

It comes down to what do we want to be teaching our kids? In our home we try hard to focus on being thankful for what we have, being content, and not being wasteful. We talk about kids in other countries (or even our country) who don’t have the things we do.

You might be interested in these websites. As a family I think we will try some modification of these ideas this summer.
http://30daysofnothing.blogspot.com/
http://christtherock.wordpress.com/5-day-hunger-challenge/

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