tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post6537582446048174736..comments2024-01-28T04:42:49.700-08:00Comments on DIK (Desert Island Keepers): OK, Just An Opinion: Adult Toys for Kids?DIK Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03975839058527201650noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-39211842777937299152012-09-20T05:44:45.216-07:002012-09-20T05:44:45.216-07:00I don't think if it is applicable to play adul...I don't think if it is applicable to play adult toys for kids, adult toys is still for young adults and adults and don't make your kids play the adult toys.Hitachi wand shophttp://www.angelastoystore.com/hitachi-magic-wand.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-33695214708643309972012-02-04T11:13:11.598-08:002012-02-04T11:13:11.598-08:00Nice Post Adult ToysNice Post <a href="http://clubcharmeuse.com/" rel="nofollow">Adult Toys</a>aniebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960543938321374760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-54858320153185649112011-12-04T15:50:35.563-08:002011-12-04T15:50:35.563-08:00Thanks, gals, for your comments. Many see the ele...Thanks, gals, for your comments. Many see the electronics of our world as devices and I most heartily agree. But I wasn't really thinking in terms of older kids--rather nine and ten year olds that want the same stuff as kids who are 16 and 17 years old. Those are the kids who I think are really growing up too fast. But all in all, I so appreciate the discussion and your taking the time to let your views be known. It's the best of blogging, in my book. (no pun intended.)Dr Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116344761479545032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-82243961834652415412011-12-04T12:46:28.666-08:002011-12-04T12:46:28.666-08:00I don't have a lot to put away for Christmas. ...I don't have a lot to put away for Christmas. When I ask the kids what they want I often laugh when they ask for an ipod touch or ipad as all their friends have them. I agree with Tam that these electronics make life so much easier to get in touch with the kids, and help with their homework, etc. However, what kids today perceive to be "gifts" is extremely different. I think electronics are gifts for teenagers that can manage & take care of them. Yet, even if I had the money there's no reason to have the latest, when the phone they have right now does everything fine, it teaches them they don't have to have the latest everything. Clothes, unless it's something I know they've wanted, I feel are not a real gift, it's more a necessity. It's fun to get new gadgets and things at Christmas, but really what I remember about Christmas looking back, is family time not the gifts. I try to keep that in perspective as I go shopping, and hope I'm picking something useful or fun. I make sure they realize what the important things in life are, not these gifts, but that we're all together. So far no complaints ;)Jessikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07810078990204122016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-78267457628973521512011-12-03T10:44:58.438-08:002011-12-03T10:44:58.438-08:00Dr J, although I don't have to scrimp to give ...Dr J, although I don't have to scrimp to give children in my family gifts, like you I also don't believe that small children (or teenagers), need adult, expensive gifts during the holidays to make them happy. I also think it's all in the way they are raised though. <br /><br />For example, presents were never the focus in my family during Christmas time when we were growing up (we celebrated January 6th as Three Kings Day instead just for the kids), and that's the way we (my brothers and I) brought up our own children. Christmas was always about family... and the meaning of it all.<br /><br />We do exchange gifts on Christmas of course. It becomes important that the children don't feel left out during this time of the year, but they are not indulged with over-the-top, expensive gifts. Things like expensive electronic items, phones, etc... need to be earned. That's the only way they will learn how to appreciate such things, but then again, that's just our way. We all have different ways of viewing these things...Hilciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765831808358693421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-33980376789793241122011-12-03T07:06:00.998-08:002011-12-03T07:06:00.998-08:00I've never liked Christmas,which should make a...I've never liked Christmas,which should make all readers take whatever I write with a dose of salt. It has become so commercial that it's success or lack of success for merchants has become a kind of gauge for the state of the economy which surely says something to the point.<br />Seems to me it's much more pleasant to receive something one really wants but wouldn't buy for oneself at another time of the year, when one can more readily believe that whoever bought it for him/her was truly thinking of him/her and not doing it to keep up with the season. <br /><br />dickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-39760220411366534822011-12-02T16:35:16.361-08:002011-12-02T16:35:16.361-08:00Hmmm. Well, I'm one of those people with a tee...Hmmm. Well, I'm one of those people with a teenager with her own lap top, cell phone and she's had a blog longer than I have. I don't consider those things adult toys, they are just tools. TVs/computers/cell phones for me aren't for adults, they're devices. I'd go crazy if my kid didn't have a phone. Makes my life so much easier. So for me I don't have an issue, although I've been blessed to never be short of cash at Christmas. I'm not saying I spend $1000 on my kid at Christmas but I don't have to scrimp either. I think it needs to be kept in perspective. An $1800 Macbook for a 4 year old? No. A $500 laptop for a teen (so I don't have to share mine - selfish reasons) seems reasonable. The Macbook can wait for graduation. <br /><br />I always feel a bit iffy about clothes as gifts, although I give them, but I would have to buy her jeans anyway, so to say it's a gift is kind of a lie. It's not like she wouldn't get them if Christmas didn't exist. It's different if it's a particularly pair of expensive jeans I wouldn't normally pay for. Something in my mind says Christmas is a time for things you wouldn't get if Christmas didn't exist. Although that's not always the case.<br /><br />So I probably spend more than some parents on what some consider unnecessary things. Each family needs to make choices I suppose. :-)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.com