The Cellar - View Single Post - Kid is obsessed, wants everything and lots of it

footfootfoot · 10-13-2010, 09:14 PM

No, he doesn't surf the net, he asked me to look it up for him and stood next to me. We don't own a TV and he gets to watch one video (BBC nature program) per week. He has read just about every book at the library about everything from pyramids to the history of Britain. Especially fond of the DK books.

He's too young for chores and pay-- he doesn't understand money, barely understands numbers and quantities, but he has an astounding vocabulary.

Yeah, my wife and I are not at all consumerist or materialistic. I really have no idea how he is so obsessed with things, the only store he goes to is the food coop. He's been in a target for clothes about five times in his life.

Gonna dig deeper into the self worth thing with him though. I really think the toy thing has always been out of hand, especially from my wife's mom her aunts. He goes for a day outing with grandma and comes back with a toy truck in each hand and one more in hers.

10-13-2010, 09:14 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	No, he doesn't surf the net, he asked me to look it up for him and stood next to me. We don't own a TV and he gets to watch one video (BBC nature program) per week. He has read just about every book at the library about everything from pyramids to the history of Britain. Especially fond of the DK books. He's too young for chores and pay-- he doesn't understand money, barely understands numbers and quantities, but he has an astounding vocabulary. Yeah, my wife and I are not at all consumerist or materialistic. I really have no idea how he is so obsessed with things, the only store he goes to is the food coop. He's been in a target for clothes about five times in his life. Gonna dig deeper into the self worth thing with him though. I really think the toy thing has always been out of hand, especially from my wife's mom her aunts. He goes for a day outing with grandma and comes back with a toy truck in each hand and one more in hers. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs