Despite my best intentions, I've turned him into a spoiled brat.
I answered a question similar to yours a few weeks ago, but I’ll happily dive in again because this is a common theme around the holiday season. First off, no, you’re not a horrible mother for donating the toys, but I think you and your husband are going about this the wrong way.
Clearly, you’re not doing an effective enough job in telling your son’s grandparents to cool it with the gifts. Stop pussyfooting around and say something like, “Look, I know you care, but we literally do not have any room to store these gifts you’re sending our son. Not to mention, he gets bored after playing with the toys for a few hours, so we just end up donating them to less fortunate kids.
As I’ve said before, some grandparents believe the best way to show love is through material gifts, and it couldn’t be further from the truth. You need to remind them that the best gifts they can give are through experiences like vacations, playdates, sleepovers, etc. Your son won’t remember anything about the toys he received a few years from now, but he’ll definitely remember the fun times he spent with his loved ones.
In summary, you’re rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic by worrying about donating the gifts or not. The root cause is the grandparents, and you need to address them immediately. I’m sure they wouldn’t want their grandson to become a spoiled brat, but if they continue along these lines, it could be inevitable.I recently got engaged to my boyfriend of two years. He is from a northern European country where engagement rings are usually simple gold bands, worn by both the man and the woman.
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