Every year someone in western civilization has a brilliant idea to make millions off your kids. I took my son to the toy store last week because he earned and saved enough money to buy a toy. Also known as…useless plastic from China. While there, I overheard a mom ask her child “Do we really need to buy your Webkinz a…?” I can’t remember what the child wanted to purchase but it sounded like a bunch of accessories with a Goodwill future to me. I’m so glad my kids don’t do the Webkinz thing.
Don’t tell me Webkinz teaches kids to use the computer and earn points to buy things for their Webkinz. What’s really going on… they’re learning to sit on their arse and develop a spending habits like good little consumers. Also, I recently heard a parenting speaker tell a story of older girls getting younger girls Webkinz password then stealing all her points.
My kids haven’t asked for Webkinz but if they did I would buy them, as it’s nice some toys have an actual function. I’m a sucker. Or not. I’m not pushing Webkinz because then it won’t mean anything when I say “If Jimmy jumped off a bridge, would you?” An expression that doesn’t exactly teach anything.
I wonder if my older sister still has my nieces Beanie Babies.
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