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Some People Pay Me Dept: “Thank you! Now Don’t Touch It!”


From the February Cleveland Family magazine, my Mommy Matters column, “Thank you! Now Don’t Touch It!”

A teaser (and if you are local, go pick up a copy to see the outrageous cartoon of me this month – oy they’re good!):

When someone gets a present on their birthday or Hanukkah or Christmas, it belongs to them, right? But if you have been around children when they receive something new, tell the truth: you have witnessed the scene of a similarly-aged sibling, relative or friend reaching for The New Thing and wanting to try out The New Thing as soon as the intended recipient had received it.

Now, here’s the question: Do you enforce the “let the birthday child use it – she (or he) just got it” line of thinking, or do you ask the birthday child to hand it over and share?

Ah – parenting. Gotta love it.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:06 pm February 1st, 2009 in Media, Mommy Matters, Ohio, Parenting, Writing, Youth 

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