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[quote=Anonymous]Having been a kid who is a “have not” in a school full of kids who have it all, I feel for your DS, I really, really do. It’s so hard when everyone’s norm appears to be your once or twice a year experience. And even harder when you are the new kid. Today, I don’t think $250 is outrageous for older kids bdays. Electronics and games and such mare expensive and just last year I paid twice that for just 2 gifts for my teen.

My mom used to say that I was so ungrateful and by her adult measure, I was. But in truth, I wasn’t being ungrateful as a teen, I just could t understand how much hard work it took for my family to get to the baseline standard that everyone including us had -nice home in suburbia,  mom at home, private school, shopped in department stores not discount. That’s what my mom and dad wanted me to be grateful for but it was just the norm to me and I didn’t really know there could be any other way. How could I ? I grew up and was surrounded by the same and I was still a kid. I thought when my parents said I needed to be more grateful, they wanted me to be happier about getting a new full price designer label item because it went beyond our standard gifts. I did t get they wanted me to be grateful for my everyday standard of living. It’s not a concept teens grasp.

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