Can type of person be reflected in their kids gifts?

SilverKrest

Maybe this is an insulting generalisation, but would it be true to say that parents who buy toys and gifts such as children's books, brain puzzles and wall maps etc. tend to be more smarter and educated compared to lower class, uneducated (possible single mums) who tend to buy mind numbing electronic gadgets, tacky dolls etc. that no way encourages self education or creativity.

mfceiling

SilverKrest wrote: »

Maybe this is an insulting generalisation, but would it be true to say that parents who buy toys and gifts such as children's books, brain puzzles and wall maps etc. tend to be more smarter and educated compared to lower class, uneducated (possible single mums) who tend to buy mind numbing electronic gadgets, tacky dolls etc. that no way encourages self education or creativity.

Probably a bit of that rings true. Although kids are kids at the end of the day and they like dolls and gadgets to play with.

Satriale

oh oh...

mad muffin

I bought my kid guns and ammo. YEEHAAAAA!!!

One eyed Jack

SilverKrest wrote: »

Maybe this is an insulting generalisation, but would it be true to say that parents who buy toys and gifts such as children's books, brain puzzles and wall maps etc. tend to be more smarter and educated compared to lower class, uneducated (possible single mums) who tend to buy mind numbing electronic gadgets, tacky dolls etc. that no way encourages self education or creativity.

Maybe?? :pac:

corner of hells

SilverKrest wrote: »

Maybe this is an insulting generalisation, but would it be true to say that parents who buy toys and gifts such as children's books, brain puzzles and wall maps etc. tend to be more smarter and educated compared to lower class, uneducated (possible single mums) who tend to buy mind numbing electronic gadgets, tacky dolls etc. that no way encourages self education or creativity.

Brace yourselves ...... its gonna be a rough one.

For Forks Sake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD-fPb87mVA

One eyed Jack

corner of hells wrote: »

Brace yourselves ...... its gonna be a rough one.

I doubt it tbh, the OP made themselves waaaay too obvious.

Heroditas

"More smarter" - methink the OP fell into the latter category of gift recipients when younger.

darkpagandeath

Stopped reading at "More Smarter". :pac::pac::pac:

Fluffy Cat 88

Whether the child has one or both parents in their life surely doesn't affect intelligence.

I know people who grew up in single-parent households who turned out to be very astute, successful adults. Sometimes the reverse can apply to those with married parents.

Most children are into the same things, eg; Playstations/skateboards/whatever, regardless of family circumstance.

corner of hells

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I doubt it tbh, the OP made themselves waaaay too obvious.

maybe just standby .

meeeeh

I hate electronic toys. Usually you step on them in the middle of night and they wake the whole house up or kids insist on the toy being constantly switched on and drive you mad with it. I think it is more about difference between parents and non parents. I have a theory that any parent who buys electronic toys does it out of revenge or malice because we all know how annoying they are.

Letree

I'm getting my kids coal for Christmas so that makes me a warm person.

MilesMorales1

Deliberate troll thread is deliberate.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Hammer89

I think I'm quite intelligent and my mam bought me Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers toys growing up.

Junkyard Tom

Why do you hate children?

LETHAL LADY

Thread made possible by the use of an electronic gadget :pac:

Fr_Dougal

SilverKrest wrote: »

Maybe this is an insulting generalisation, but would it be true to say that parents who buy toys and gifts such as children's books, brain puzzles and wall maps etc. tend to be more smarter and educated compared to lower class, uneducated (possible single mums) who tend to buy mind numbing electronic gadgets, tacky dolls etc. that no way encourages self education or creativity.

Is that a question? Or just one really long sentence?

eviltwin

I tend to get my kids what they want with a few of my own choices thrown in. Eldest child is getting a tattoo, youngest a bike and a Rubik cube

For Forks Sake

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Thread made possible by the use of an electronic gadget :pac:

Isn't Silvercrest (OPs username) the brand that all the electronic junk in Lidl is branded....we may be getting hit with some real subliminal advertising techniques here :eek:

edit: I'm right: http://www.lidl.de/de/silvercrest/b215

osarusan

Some presents from my university lecturer dad included boxing gloves, a dartboard, and an electronic car-racing circuit.

I never realised until now he hated me so.

xLisaBx

Have to completely disagree with the insulting generalisation by the OP. Santa always brought me dolls and makeup sets, birthdays were often gameboys and electronic games, never once did I get a globe or map of the world or chess set! My parents are somewhat fun, and whilst they don't work in academia or skilled professions, it never stopped me.
What also annoys me is the whole "your family is on a low income and parents didn't go to college" bull****e. My friend and I both fit that criteria and both got Medicine offers from more than one Uni.

jamesbere

The op question is lacking serious creativity. You should go back to the drawing board or is that a lower class gift

Kiwi in IE

I'm not sure where I fit in here, I am actually getting my child a wall map. One of the world, that talks when you press on a country, so does that count as a wall map or an electronic gadget?

He is also getting Lego, a tablet (electronic gadget), a couple of books and board games, and a couple of tacky stuffed animals (Ty beanie boos) and some Match Attax cards. Therefore I think I have covered all bases for being both a stupid/uneducated and an intelligent/well educated parent!

jamesbere

Kiwi in IE wrote: »

I'm not sure where I fit in here, I am actually getting my child a wall map. One of the world, that talks when you press on a country, so does that count as a wall map or an electronic gadget?

He is also getting Lego, a tablet (electronic gadget), a couple of books and board games, and a couple of tacky stuffed animals (Ty beanie boos) and some Match Attax cards. Therefore I think I have covered all bases for being both a stupid/uneducated and an intelligent/well educated parent!

Lego is a great gift, loved it when I was a child. I also had knex, they were great.

Grandeeod

OP has obviously never watched the Late Late Toy Show, where Sorcha and Oisin are very happy to play with the most mind numbing ****e ever invented.....then we go to the puzzles and books and that's where the real action happens.

As for the kids of "single mothers" (**** you OP).........

xLisaBx

Grandeeod wrote: »

OP has obviously never watched the Late Late Toy Show, where Sorcha and Oisin are very happy to play with the most mind numbing ****e ever invented.....then we go to the puzzles and books and that's where the real action happens.

As for the kids of "single mothers" (**** you OP).........

I am proud to say that 2 of my cousins are the most successful people I know, both raised by a single mother. OP really, really sounds like they are from the lower status category

Turtyturd

Hammer89 wrote: »

I think I'm quite intelligent and my mam bought me Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers toys growing up.

Didn't you mistake a 250€ iPhone as free yesterday? :pac:

freshpopcorn

I'm in my twenties now and when I look back at my class. The kids with the strict parents who weren't allowed certain toys, foods, haircuts and we're forced to do every bit of homework and we're killed if they got anything wrong turned out average in the end.

Grandeeod

xLisaBx wrote: »

I am proud to say that 2 of my cousins are the most successful people I know, both raised by a single mother. OP really, really sounds like they are from the lower status category

The OP is an obvious wanker because the topic could have been posted without any reference to single mothers. If Gay people had been singled out in a similar way, we would have a thread lock.

sonny.knowles

SilverKrest wrote: »

tend to be more smarter

:rolleyes:

eisen1968

Buying my little fella an xbox, come to think of it better buy a few jigsaw maps and some brain games in case he gets bored.

PARlance

Turtyturd wrote: »

Didn't you mistake a 250€ iPhone as free yesterday? :pac:

Now that's just mildly racist!!!

Kiwi in IE

jamesbere wrote: »

Lego is a great gift, loved it when I was a child. I also had knex, they were great.

Vacuum cleaner food. Makes a really satisfying noise as it is sucked up.

eisen1968

Friend of the wife is a bit like that, shes a bit born free, de husband is a college lecturer, don't believe in chocolate treats biscuits or any of that. They eat raw carrots, celery sticks and all that. Plenty of forest walks brain games and jigsaws. Took care of them for a weekend once and they devoured every ****ing biscuit and sweet in the house.

jamesbere

eisen1968 wrote: »

Friend of the wife is a bit like that, shes a bit born free, de husband is a college lecturer, don't believe in chocolate treats biscuits or any of that. They eat raw carrots, celery sticks and all that. Plenty of forest walks brain games and jigsaws. Took care of them for a weekend once and they devoured every ****ing biscuit and sweet in the house.

The parents or the children who ate the biscuits

Hammer89

Turtyturd wrote: »

Didn't you mistake a 250€ iPhone as free yesterday? :pac:

Haha, yes but only because it said it was free and NOT €250. You're as bad as Gouvrash.

eisen1968

Sorry, to clarify took care of their kids. They were away for a weekend workshop in dream catcher making.

eisen1968

No dream catcher making course for the kids. Their dreams didn't seem to be as important as the parents.

andekwarhola

The parents that insist on buying right-on gifts for their kids - instead of what the kids actually want - are the same type of twats that try and get their kids into "real music" and dress them in band t-shirts. Their kids are not people to them, just something to validate their own personality in front of their moron peers, and unfortunately the kids are destined to be either become self-absorbed, hip blowhards like their parents or to rebel and join Fianna Fail.

eisen1968

The kids spent a weekend in eisenswonkas chocolate factory.

Hammer89

Mr Eisen got nothing of any kind as a nipper and has gone a bit mad as a result.

SilverKrest

From the thread replies, I can see it was an insulting generalisation. Apologies to anybody insulted. I was just thinking from my own personal experiences is all.

Sparklygirl

Santa brings toys that our children want in this house. This year it will be a tractor and a bike. Items such as books, puzzles and wall maps are not really on the santa list, we would just buy them for them as a matter of course; since we view them as educational. I wonder what class we are?

Pink One

I was once classed as a single parent and to be honest, I had way more time for my child than I do now with a partner. My time was 100% exclusively hers and she had lots of one on one attention from me. She didn't have anyone to compete with for my attention. Obviously I couldn't raise a genius as I was parenting alone but I did try my best. You really need to look up the list of successful people who were raised by single parents OP, you might be surprised. We don't all wire our children to gadgets and gizmos on a full time basis

eisen1968

Rock on, the pink one.

IsMiseMyself

There's no way to write this post without sounding a bit knob-ish but I'll persevere! My mother fairly single-handedly raised me and my siblings. Dad was there, but a non-presence. We were poor, by all definitions, but my mam sacrificed an awful lot so we had enough. School was a big focus. We'd spend every summer until we were 11 or 12 'playing' school, where we'd do spellings and maths and read. I'm pretty sure I could do multiplication when other kids had barely mastered addition.

My siblings and I were all top of our class, and smart too. I was a little **** and too smart for my own good. We were all very smart kids. Even the 'stupid' sibling was above average. In secondary school, once my mother's influence wore off, we all got a bit lazy: we were still pretty smart and we didn't really have to try and still did really well. All did great in our Leaving and graduated from college with 1:1s. I chose a soft subject. The other siblings did very technical degrees.

Our mother raised us to be smart. Our presents were books and bikes and Playstation games and those weird brain puzzles. We were never pushed too far one way and as far as I remember, I quite enjoyed 'playing' school. Would we have been as smart without all the extras? I've no idea but I'm sure it helped!

Kiwi in IE

Sparklygirl wrote: »

Santa brings toys that our children want in this house. This year it will be a tractor and a bike. Items such as books, puzzles and wall maps are not really on the santa list, we would just buy them for them as a matter of course; since we view them as educational. I wonder what class we are?

Same here. We tend to buy him what he asks for (this year a Ty beanie boo dog and Match Attax cards), then we buy a few things that we know he wants but hasn't asked for as a suprise, a tablet and some lego this year, since what he actually asked for is so little, and then we throw in a few educational toys/family board games/books/craft supplies that we'd buy anyway to beef it up.

eisen1968

I don't know the ins and outs, the good and the bad, what to buy what not to buy. I know this much. I watch my 9 year old son playing video games and im still amazed at his speed, dexterity and hand eye co-ordination whilst manipulating those controls. I bought a remote control helicopter last year. Big mistake. Nearly destroyed it in 30 Seconds. He had it flying in about 5 mins.