are you buying your kid an ED school tee or sweatshirt before admissions are out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The most telling answer here is that everyone is judging whether a kid should or should not have swag before acceptance. Guess what - it's what the KID wants, not what you want. If they want swag beforehand and you can afford it, buy it for them. If they want swag and you truly can't afford it, that is understandable. But if your kid wants it then don't skip it because you think it's wasteful, superstitious or weird. It's not about you, it's about your kid wanting to express themselves.

Yeah, hard disagree.

I buy presents for my kids for Christmas, but I don't let them demand what they want, whether or not I can afford it.
Poster is considering whether to buy her kid a gift for the ED day. She asked for feedback.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The most telling answer here is that everyone is judging whether a kid should or should not have swag before acceptance. Guess what - it's what the KID wants, not what you want. If they want swag beforehand and you can afford it, buy it for them. If they want swag and you truly can't afford it, that is understandable. But if your kid wants it then don't skip it because you think it's wasteful, superstitious or weird. It's not about you, it's about your kid wanting to express themselves.

Yeah, hard disagree.

I buy presents for my kids for Christmas, but I don't let them demand what they want, whether or not I can afford it.
Poster is considering whether to buy her kid a gift for the ED day. She asked for feedback.

OP also said kid was requesting - a desire, a want. No one used word demand at anytime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The most telling answer here is that everyone is judging whether a kid should or should not have swag before acceptance. Guess what - it's what the KID wants, not what you want. If they want swag beforehand and you can afford it, buy it for them. If they want swag and you truly can't afford it, that is understandable. But if your kid wants it then don't skip it because you think it's wasteful, superstitious or weird. It's not about you, it's about your kid wanting to express themselves.

Yeah, hard disagree.

I buy presents for my kids for Christmas, but I don't let them demand what they want, whether or not I can afford it.
Poster is considering whether to buy her kid a gift for the ED day. She asked for feedback.

Not PP, but I think the point is that a parent shouldn't not buy something they would otherwise buy BECAUSE is is ED swag. If you would buy your kid a sweatshirt at a sporting event, concert, or give them money to buy some clothes that they want for the season, you should not treat this any differently.