Mrb1p
PRICERSTOPDAPUCK
This is true.About plastic toys,
If one of your friends has had a baby, you do not need to buy them plastic toys. They probably have a lot of them already. Most parents do not need additional toys, and for that matter, they probably have enough baby clothes for the first six months. These are items of more use:
- Baby clothes at larger sizes, they won't have as many after the first six months.
- Gift certificates for day passes at the kids' museums, the zoos, etc.
- Gift certificates for the parents to take a day off. E.g. Get the mother a few hours at the spa.
Very few kids need more toys.
I was at my nephew's friend's birthday recently, and I was grossed out. They invited the entire class, and it was expected that every guest bring a toy, a card, and that it be boxed and packaged. Such waste. They do not need twenty additional hot wheels, in fact even if we ignore the environment, it will do them more harm than good. Kids are better off with a small number of good toys, that they can subsequently focus on.
My parents are somewhat in the "upper echelon" of the middle class and they spend so much on my nieces birthday, even at 1 year old. Its disgusting.