"Encouraging our children to dream of material things they want is great
training for covetousness. It puts a burden on parents who may not be
able to reasonably afford the expense of buying what's on the child's
list, or who perhaps might want to change the focus of Christmas
celebrations towards Christ. It encourages children to indulge their
natural human greediness instead of curbing it. It sets unreal
expectations too. A child who does not get exactly what he or she wants
is going to feel deprived."
From Catholic Pundit Wannabe. Read more here.
2 comments:
Yes! This is such a battle as a mother....the culture of greed is pervasive.
Indeed! I thought this was a particularly good post by CPW.
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