{"id":6223,"date":"2024-06-27T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/?p=6223"},"modified":"2024-06-26T00:00:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T05:00:46","slug":"if-youre-going-to-spoil-them-do-it-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/if-youre-going-to-spoil-them-do-it-here\/","title":{"rendered":"If You\u2019re Going to Spoil Them, Do It Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Our kids ask for a lot of stuff. Time, sure, but lots of stuff. They want you to add money to their Roblox account. They want a new car. They want you to buy them a toy from the store. They want a treat at the gas station and that piece of memorabilia from the gift shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We know we can\u2019t give them everything they want\u2026and even if we could afford<\/em> to, we know that we (and they) would pay for it later. We are trying to raise, as Ron Lieber\u2019s lovely book is titled, kids who are \u200bThe Opposite of Spoiled<\/em>\u200b<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So what do we say yes to and what do we say no to? There is no hard and fast rule, but perhaps there are three areas we can be comfortable being a little extra in (at least when we\u2019ve got the funds to).<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, when our kids want a book, we should buy it. \u200bWe\u2019re trying to raise readers\u200b<\/a> and the impulse to want to read is one to always encourage. You never know which books will change your kid’s life, but you can be certain you\u2019re going to have to buy a lot of them to find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n