Read the title, and read it again.
So many of us feel like we are terrible parents because we can’t buy the latest game system, the expensive clothes or shoes, the status symbols we are told that we should want. We can’t give our kids 300 dollar shoes they will most likely grow out of within the year, that will eventually sit in a landfill somewhere after.
Your children aren’t going to look back on this in 10 years and go “God my parents were awful. I got second hand bikes and Walmart clothing for Christmas.” They are going to remember the small things. The time spent baking cookies, watching Christmas movies cuddled up on the couch being warm and safe with you.
I grew up pretty poor too. We always had a roof over our heads but not always alot of food or extras. My parents did all they could to get me what I asked for, but I don’t remember any of that. I don’t remember what the gifts were really, just the time I spent with them. Now they are gone and I have those memories, while the presents are and have been long gone and forgotten.
You are doing your best, and that matters. Please don’t beat yourself up because you can’t gift someone something material. Hug them and give them attention and time. You are amazing. I wish you all the best and the happiest holidays.
So many of us feel like we are terrible parents because we can’t buy the latest game system, the expensive clothes or shoes, the status symbols we are told that we should want. We can’t give our kids 300 dollar shoes they will most likely grow out of within the year, that will eventually sit in a landfill somewhere after.
Your children aren’t going to look back on this in 10 years and go “God my parents were awful. I got second hand bikes and Walmart clothing for Christmas.” They are going to remember the small things. The time spent baking cookies, watching Christmas movies cuddled up on the couch being warm and safe with you.
I grew up pretty poor too. We always had a roof over our heads but not always alot of food or extras. My parents did all they could to get me what I asked for, but I don’t remember any of that. I don’t remember what the gifts were really, just the time I spent with them. Now they are gone and I have those memories, while the presents are and have been long gone and forgotten.
You are doing your best, and that matters. Please don’t beat yourself up because you can’t gift someone something material. Hug them and give them attention and time. You are amazing. I wish you all the best and the happiest holidays.