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Miriam Wallach, Nachum Segal Radio general manager, on children complaining about holiday gifts.
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I'm gonna give you a couple of examples John said.
I wish I had some filthy rich relatives my presence -- please forgive the -- the language.
Guiana says wow all I got a Christmas was gift cards perfume and -- -- -- moments sucks but giving presents.
Crystal this is the -- I hate might want my phone I just want to to have a platform hopefuls.
Complaining about getting an -- iPhone just because it's a column that's wrong that is disgraceful.
Joining us now -- -- walk mother of six who would never have a complete the kids that is should they would never complain about a gift would day.
Well -- -- my kids are not angels they are kids but I think are a lot of facets of the story all of which need to be explored my first reaction when I -- these tweets.
Was what a hot spot and there is no other word in the on the planet that -- points at the same way.
Is an axle let's let's let's audacity of the child to think that they have the right.
To speak that -- to speak to an adult that weight.
To take something out I mean.
We have to give kids the appropriate forums -- connect to speak their minds but there is a -- OK so puts -- Yeah the definition -- there is a man who -- as his mother and father I'm pleased to leniency from the judge on the grounds that he's an orphan.
I believe that is the definition of puts the I -- -- there are lots -- in the clips but in this case -- So soft knock knock there's not -- I guess what I think this is an example of commercialism and materialism.
Run riot in our society -- -- I.
Think it's also an example of kids looking at the weight adults express themselves through social networking what -- tweeting went north on FaceBook sharing information that is meant to be kept.
Private -- appropriately shared.
And instead seeing -- -- in front of the entire world Britney Spears.
Breaks up with her husband announces a divorce through it through attacks and we all know about it.
Bethany Frankel announces that she's tweet she tweets that she's divorcing her husband after two years why not fair but this is not the forum.
I don't really look and I think we look at things with kids look at adult and the way they're expressing themselves and don't understand that there are limitations and are bad as we need to educate kids.
And tell them this is not the way we behave in more than that this is not appropriate -- that what my kids were calling TMI moment too much information I think they aren't are not.
Feeling much outrage coming from new witness this is three days later you should the city until they want I thought this -- be you what I couldn't let that Clinton wants comes from what what they say about Alice assigned top.
I mean when I'm that we -- but we have a lot of fun to talk about this and -- as a big.
This is a wealthy society and -- -- cause material -- goods onto its children during the holidays I think we've gone far to fall.
Absolutely way too far in this I also think that we need to manage our kids expectations are kids because of the society that we live and look at -- we think this is what's coming to me.
This is what I deserve this is what I own and what I'm worth.
The responsibility to say by the -- at the before the holiday start.
Let's talk about what you think you're getting let's talk about where I am as a parent we have to -- -- in moderation but by the way.
-- thank you cards anymore.
This is also response to kids don't have had to say thank you don't appreciate what they have the holidays are not just for saying you thank you -- -- -- year around its exploration of -- things.
Probably need to be as people the magic woods kids who do not appreciate -- they -- absolutely but all we just.
Getting a little old well myself and -- -- you on not but.
Wasn't it the same an -- day I'm in my day for example is two generations ago.
It's not -- it is -- generational it's not it.
Actions that it's a generational issue every single generation we have to learn how to give gifts and receive gifts appropriately and upcoming that everyone talent that every one.
Faces that challenge every single generation we spoke about how to do it right for the doesn't mean that we remove gift giving that means that we re examine it -- slowdown.
We like hundreds it would appropriately so we can teach our kids the benefit of giving -- You have six wonderful it's not -- on at least one of them believe -- -- We don't like that this Malia and you have work now concluded that's not look at technical at this and we educate -- it actually happened big cities were.
Not brought interns -- may I ask -- questions.
But did you sit -- six kids down before Chanukah and say look.
I have had I have conversations with my kids a -- The following theory which is everyone doesn't get the same they get what they need and that's it on going.
Motto in my home because I don't want somebody to think that just because acts get something why is can get a also it's not the way we work everyone gets what they need.
Not what they think they deserve and we also my kids also know that certain night on content are for certain things they're not getting everything that they quote unquote -- But -- I think that that same advice holds across the financial spectrum from the very rich to the very pool why not you know gonna get necessarily what you want me you are gonna get may be what you need and by the wind up.
With regard not one night and quoted an attacker but that's okay you.
Mick Jagger and frighten you can always get what to happen if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need fall assets.
Protest -- that I know that Mick Jagger have the same -- at the same college as me I did not yes.
