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Navigating the birthday present conundrum

April 1, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I was pretty comfortable with my “No gifts, please”/Birthdays Without Pressure approach until last week when my newly-four-year-old son said of the friends coming to his playdate, “But I want them to bring presents!” Am I an evil mommy for pushing low consumerism on my kid? Or am I just feeling the sting of letting…

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