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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It's the junk I can't stand.[/b] Crappy trophies that don't mean anything, junky party favors, toys for everything. Our kids get too much "stuff" all day, all the time.

A certificate is fine. It's recyclable. [/quote]

That's my problem with it too -- paying good money for stuff that is first clutter and then garbage.[/quote]

I have a war on crap, period.  Party goody bags, excessive numbers of school parties, etc.  I let my son bring this shit home b/c I'm not going to be confrontational, but all of the pencils/erasers go to charities for kids who need school supplies and all of the candy gets collected and dumped at work.  Any cheap plastic toys from exploited Chinese labor go immediately in the trash or recycling bin if possible once they are forgotten about.  But what I hate most is my kid being conditioned to expect this shit all the time and from everywhere.  When I was a kid I was excited just to eat a cupcake at a birthday party.  I didn't expect a freaking present too.  [/quote]

+1,000 
My daughter got to choose her birthday party this year:
2 friends with gifts or 10 friends and no gifts. We had this discussion while cleaning her room and discovering past birthday presents never used, collecting dust under her bed.

We're also looking to a Xmas "experience" with very few gifts.[/quote]

Don't forget about team parties too.  After every darn season, there is a team party where we all have to stand around while the kids eat junk and receive more junk - and trophies too! [/quote]

How is this new?! I am 35 and there were end of season parties for whatever sport or even activity you were doing that season. Unclench.[/quote]

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