Give Your Daughter A Doll For Xmas!
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed
There are some things that do not change from one generation to the next. These are the occasions that fond memories are made from. There are also some things that we want to do differently from the way our parents did things. The things that we want to do differently are perhaps those that have created hurtful memories for us. Every one of us has had good and bad experiences in childhood, and the key is to move on from our past and create happier memories for our adult years.
One of the experiences that may have caused either good or bad memories is the toys for Christmas that we received. For me I have both kinds of memories that I think about when I reminisce about the toys I received over past Xmases. When I reached seven years old I wanted a Barbie doll. The dolls had come to market the same year that I was born and of course, my name is Barb. When I was a child everyone called me Barbie. Since many of my friends owned Barbie dolls and so I thought I should have one. My parents did not have much money so my mother did a great deal of shopping in discount stores.
She was the queen of off brand products. For Christmas that year when I opened my present I found that I did receive a doll. It was the same size as a Barbie doll, but it was a Vivian doll. This was the cheaper off brand version. The Barbie doll clothes fit the doll. The difference was that the Vivian doll did not have the same feet so the high heeled Barbie doll shoes did not fit. Also the face looked different. Needless to say, I was very disappointed with the doll. I did not think that the couple of dollars that mom saved was worth it. I do not remember any other toys for Christmas from that year.
I think my mother realized from that happening that cheaper is not always better. I never did enjoy playing with that doll. From then on it seemed that we received brand name items for our toys for Christmas. Now that I am a parent I make sure that my children have fond memories of the holidays. They do not get everything that they put on their lists because moderation is a lesson I want them to learn, but the things that they do receive are high quality and specifically what they ask for. I am sure there are things that they will do differently when they parent their own children, but hopefully the hurtful memories they have from when they were children will be few.
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