tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088188498900558941.post8540649107766202293..comments2023-06-25T04:10:55.573-04:00Comments on Demand EUPHORIA: You Call That a Gift?Vickie@Demand_Euphoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706946767924290485noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088188498900558941.post-83426806123494421852013-12-28T18:20:03.914-05:002013-12-28T18:20:03.914-05:00This is such a cool post. My parents (like most pa...This is such a cool post. My parents (like most parents, I bet) would give me gifts and then take them away because I did something bad, or they'd say I could only use them for certain things or couldn't give them away to anyone else or could only keep it if I used it enough to show I was enjoying. Then I started giving my brother the same kind of gifts; I gave him my old magazines and then I wanted to read them and I said, "You have to let me read them! I gave them to you!" My parents said that if I gave him gifts, they had to be real gifts, but I didn't get it... I was bigger and more mature than him; I thought I could act like a parent. Once I blurted that I was looking forward to turning eighteen and not having to follow my parents' rules and my mom said I'd still have to follow their rules; if I didn't they could kick me out of the house and take all my stuff, because anything I get until I turn eighteen is technically theirs. <br />You know, you're a really cool parent. I love your blog. It's sort of nice to know that some parents agree with me on parenting tactics because I always got "You only think that way because you're a kid." <br />:) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088188498900558941.post-75662785347504877592013-01-02T11:12:49.678-05:002013-01-02T11:12:49.678-05:00I would almost have totally agreed with that iphon...I would almost have totally agreed with that iphone contract (the existence of it, not necessarily the specifics) if she'd just at the beginning specified that the iphone was on loan from her to her kid rather than "congrats here's your own new iphone but by the way it's still mine".food babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244513993357746853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088188498900558941.post-21849579550684815502011-12-12T16:49:30.295-05:002011-12-12T16:49:30.295-05:00Such an important thing to remember- if something ...Such an important thing to remember- if something truly belongs to you, you have the right to do with it as you wish as long as your use of it does not harm another (and there are so many options other than confiscating said item in that case!). Just because it's common to assume a child's possessions actually belong to the parent (which implies that the child belongs to the parent-yuck) does not mean that it's right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088188498900558941.post-12827628715549061342011-12-12T16:01:40.467-05:002011-12-12T16:01:40.467-05:00Love <3 !Love <3 !Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04152346936760618995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088188498900558941.post-17957145512207868202011-12-12T15:31:59.998-05:002011-12-12T15:31:59.998-05:00Great! I was actually thinking of something simila...Great! I was actually thinking of something similar today, when people get cross because the kid 'trashes' the 'gift'. Like paint it or poor food on it or take it in the tub... I'll be sharing this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06773235393702832137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088188498900558941.post-51187960064605406122011-12-12T14:08:18.627-05:002011-12-12T14:08:18.627-05:00Brilliant.Brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com