“At the end of the day, it’s all just junk,” one mom told The Post about presents.
Barrymore revealed that she doesn’t give her daughters Frankie and Olive tangible gifts for Christmas.Instead of presents under the tree, the actress treats her girls to a family getaway.“I always take them on a trip every Christmas,” the “Charlie’s Angels” star told “Entertainment Tonight.” “I don’t get them presents, which I think at their ages they don’t love, but I say, ‘I think we’ll remember the place and the photos and the experience and that’s what I want to give you.
But while parents hope to make merry, meaningful memories with their kids, the feelings might not be mutual. According to a September 2020 study led by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher, kids 12 and underWise-Travis’ daughter Addison has become more accustomed to not getting a bunch of Christmas toys since their family started scaling back on holiday gifts in 2020.
“Children ages 3 to 12 derive more happiness from goods than from experiences,” the research states. “Goods are much more concrete and require less reasoning about intention or mental states compared to experiences.” However, the study went on to note that as kids grow older, the happiness they derive from experiences does increase. “This generation of kids isn’t as focused on toys as we were. They’re not bragging about what they got for Christmas,” she said.
“And my daughter is very confident, so if a kid does say something [about a toy or present they received], I don’t think it will bother her that much.”
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