Anonymous wrote:I saw this video a few years ago and it always stayed with me.

https://www.tiktok.com/@maybashleymarie/video/7308954735841643819

A woman recalls living in a shelter with her parents at age 16 and thinking very hard about her angel tree wish list. She said she pretty much had only the clothes on her back.

She asked for hoop earrings, black Converse shoes (she said she would have been fine with generic shoes), skinny jeans size 13, black eyeliner and a playboy bunny blanket.

She said she remembers opening up her gifts. "This lady went above and beyond for me," she says. Her first gift was a 24-pack of hoop earrings from Claire's - "so beautiful!" she says. Several years worth of eyeliner. Skinny jeans with the tag attached so she could exchange if they didn't fit (which she did need to do). REAL Converse shoes - "I *loved* those things!". And the most beautiful, soft light pink playboy blanket. She still has the blanket.

She said you have no idea the difference that getting great angel tree gifts can make in a kid's life, in their spirit. I dunno, this really struck me. Probably cost the giver several hundred dollars even back then. And sounds like the kind of haul that a well-off parent would give their kid.

So why shouldn't an angel tree kid get a good haul? I dunno...my feeling is, if you don't like kids asking for expensive items, then don't buy them. But don't trash the kid for asking. As a PP said, maybe they want to be like their richer friends who are all getting that kind of thing.

Watch that video, it will make your heart swell.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very Entitled.

It's likely that everything is given to them from local and govt. services and they expect the same from you. We stopped doing those all together as a result of expectations.

This. They expect things handed to them. Why bother to buy it when some charity gives it for free.

No pride. It's a shame.

+100 lining up for free toys with no real vetting.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All teens want expensive stuff. Poor kids are no different.

Mine don’t ask and know better to ask others.

Anonymous wrote:All teens want expensive stuff. Poor kids are no different.

Anonymous wrote:I saw this video a few years ago and it always stayed with me.

https://www.tiktok.com/@maybashleymarie/video/7308954735841643819

A woman recalls living in a shelter with her parents at age 16 and thinking very hard about her angel tree wish list. She said she pretty much had only the clothes on her back.

She asked for hoop earrings, black Converse shoes (she said she would have been fine with generic shoes), skinny jeans size 13, black eyeliner and a playboy bunny blanket.

She said she remembers opening up her gifts. "This lady went above and beyond for me," she says. Her first gift was a 24-pack of hoop earrings from Claire's - "so beautiful!" she says. Several years worth of eyeliner. Skinny jeans with the tag attached so she could exchange if they didn't fit (which she did need to do). REAL Converse shoes - "I *loved* those things!". And the most beautiful, soft light pink playboy blanket. She still has the blanket.

She said you have no idea the difference that getting great angel tree gifts can make in a kid's life, in their spirit. I dunno, this really struck me. Probably cost the giver several hundred dollars even back then. And sounds like the kind of haul that a well-off parent would give their kid.

So why shouldn't an angel tree kid get a good haul? I dunno...my feeling is, if you don't like kids asking for expensive items, then don't buy them. But don't trash the kid for asking. As a PP said, maybe they want to be like their richer friends who are all getting that kind of thing.

Watch that video, it will make your heart swell.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw this video a few years ago and it always stayed with me.

https://www.tiktok.com/@maybashleymarie/video/7308954735841643819

A woman recalls living in a shelter with her parents at age 16 and thinking very hard about her angel tree wish list. She said she pretty much had only the clothes on her back.

She asked for hoop earrings, black Converse shoes (she said she would have been fine with generic shoes), skinny jeans size 13, black eyeliner and a playboy bunny blanket.

She said she remembers opening up her gifts. "This lady went above and beyond for me," she says. Her first gift was a 24-pack of hoop earrings from Claire's - "so beautiful!" she says. Several years worth of eyeliner. Skinny jeans with the tag attached so she could exchange if they didn't fit (which she did need to do). REAL Converse shoes - "I *loved* those things!". And the most beautiful, soft light pink playboy blanket. She still has the blanket.

She said you have no idea the difference that getting great angel tree gifts can make in a kid's life, in their spirit. I dunno, this really struck me. Probably cost the giver several hundred dollars even back then. And sounds like the kind of haul that a well-off parent would give their kid.

So why shouldn't an angel tree kid get a good haul? I dunno...my feeling is, if you don't like kids asking for expensive items, then don't buy them. But don't trash the kid for asking. As a PP said, maybe they want to be like their richer friends who are all getting that kind of thing.

Watch that video, it will make your heart swell.

You could get all that stuff for under $100 total. It’s very reasonable asks for a teen.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw this video a few years ago and it always stayed with me.

https://www.tiktok.com/@maybashleymarie/video/7308954735841643819

A woman recalls living in a shelter with her parents at age 16 and thinking very hard about her angel tree wish list. She said she pretty much had only the clothes on her back.

She asked for hoop earrings, black Converse shoes (she said she would have been fine with generic shoes), skinny jeans size 13, black eyeliner and a playboy bunny blanket.

She said she remembers opening up her gifts. "This lady went above and beyond for me," she says. Her first gift was a 24-pack of hoop earrings from Claire's - "so beautiful!" she says. Several years worth of eyeliner. Skinny jeans with the tag attached so she could exchange if they didn't fit (which she did need to do). REAL Converse shoes - "I *loved* those things!". And the most beautiful, soft light pink playboy blanket. She still has the blanket.

She said you have no idea the difference that getting great angel tree gifts can make in a kid's life, in their spirit. I dunno, this really struck me. Probably cost the giver several hundred dollars even back then. And sounds like the kind of haul that a well-off parent would give their kid.

So why shouldn't an angel tree kid get a good haul? I dunno...my feeling is, if you don't like kids asking for expensive items, then don't buy them. But don't trash the kid for asking. As a PP said, maybe they want to be like their richer friends who are all getting that kind of thing.

Watch that video, it will make your heart swell.

You could get all that stuff for under $100 total. It’s very reasonable asks for a teen.

Anonymous wrote:There are people who make a whole job out of abusing the system. They sign up for 10 agencies and then resell the better stuff they get for cash. They Use their WIC benefits to buy formula and diapers and then return them without a receipt for store credit. I worked in a grocery store in HS. This happened literally every single day.

The sad truth is typically the people who really need the help the most don’t even know where to start. They don’t know the resources that exist.

Anonymous wrote:I saw this video a few years ago and it always stayed with me.

https://www.tiktok.com/@maybashleymarie/video/7308954735841643819

A woman recalls living in a shelter with her parents at age 16 and thinking very hard about her angel tree wish list. She said she pretty much had only the clothes on her back.

She asked for hoop earrings, black Converse shoes (she said she would have been fine with generic shoes), skinny jeans size 13, black eyeliner and a playboy bunny blanket.

She said she remembers opening up her gifts. "This lady went above and beyond for me," she says. Her first gift was a 24-pack of hoop earrings from Claire's - "so beautiful!" she says. Several years worth of eyeliner. Skinny jeans with the tag attached so she could exchange if they didn't fit (which she did need to do). REAL Converse shoes - "I *loved* those things!". And the most beautiful, soft light pink playboy blanket. She still has the blanket.

She said you have no idea the difference that getting great angel tree gifts can make in a kid's life, in their spirit. I dunno, this really struck me. Probably cost the giver several hundred dollars even back then. And sounds like the kind of haul that a well-off parent would give their kid.

So why shouldn't an angel tree kid get a good haul? I dunno...my feeling is, if you don't like kids asking for expensive items, then don't buy them. But don't trash the kid for asking. As a PP said, maybe they want to be like their richer friends who are all getting that kind of thing.

Watch that video, it will make your heart swell.

Anonymous wrote:I saw this video a few years ago and it always stayed with me.

https://www.tiktok.com/@maybashleymarie/video/7308954735841643819

A woman recalls living in a shelter with her parents at age 16 and thinking very hard about her angel tree wish list. She said she pretty much had only the clothes on her back.

She asked for hoop earrings, black Converse shoes (she said she would have been fine with generic shoes), skinny jeans size 13, black eyeliner and a playboy bunny blanket.

She said she remembers opening up her gifts. "This lady went above and beyond for me," she says. Her first gift was a 24-pack of hoop earrings from Claire's - "so beautiful!" she says. Several years worth of eyeliner. Skinny jeans with the tag attached so she could exchange if they didn't fit (which she did need to do). REAL Converse shoes - "I *loved* those things!". And the most beautiful, soft light pink playboy blanket. She still has the blanket.

She said you have no idea the difference that getting great angel tree gifts can make in a kid's life, in their spirit. I dunno, this really struck me. Probably cost the giver several hundred dollars even back then. And sounds like the kind of haul that a well-off parent would give their kid.

So why shouldn't an angel tree kid get a good haul? I dunno...my feeling is, if you don't like kids asking for expensive items, then don't buy them. But don't trash the kid for asking. As a PP said, maybe they want to be like their richer friends who are all getting that kind of thing.

Watch that video, it will make your heart swell.

Anonymous wrote:I just don’t give to charity the government already takes and wastes enough of my earnings

Anonymous wrote:All teens want expensive stuff. Poor kids are no different.