You gave your son these same presents? Very strange...

yes, they were donated by OP after the sons comments

Sometimes it disgust me seeing these parents buy their eight year olds iPhone and iPads. My parents bought me a phone when I was in gr.12 and had a part time job to pay for phone bills. That made me appreciate money more better.

69- Yeah, sometimes it disgusts me too, unless the kid really needs it. (Autistic, ETC....)

If you read the 69 with the comment it sounds dirty.

#116 - And if we read your comment, it sounds like an immature dirty pervert thinking like a disgusting pig.

No it doesn't 116

Wash the dishes, vacuum the house, are you sure? He's just 8 years old.

22, "just?" Is there something else that should be done at that age?

Only 8? An 8 year old should have no problems doing any of the tasks mentioned above. I was put to mowing the lawn at his age. Took a good 6-7h of my time every week.

^ The things i've seen done by a 8 year old is play with friends, grab some stuffs from nearby shop or neighbor, help while elders are gardening or cleaning the house; i didn't know those were common. Now I get an idea of what all I could make my kid do.

8 year old are capable to clean....

I washed the dishes, cleaned my room, dusted the living room, and walked the dog by myself at 8. If you never did house work 22, then you were a spoiled little brat

^ I never did house work at 8. Lol I'm not a spoiled little brat. Nobody asked me or wanted me to do house work.

then you probably were spoiled as a child. I had to help with the house work when I was young also. this was a common thing in many households. sadly nowadays people don't give their kids chores.

Even if he's never done a chore in his life, he's gonna learn today.

My four year old niece made a mess so my older brother made her sweep it up. She whined saying she was too small, if you can make a mess, walk, and talk than you can clean up a mess. I started chores the second I could see over the sink. I was a tall child so around age 6 or 7, anyone who lets their kids get away with not doing chores at age 6-12 is just asking for a lazy little ******** of a child. I had to clean my own room when I was 5. Not making beds but picking up toys and learning to make beds and sweep and such.

The parents are raising them in a way that they expect everything they want to be handed to them... It's simple, it's the parents not knowing how to raise their kids.

You made an interesting point. Nerf guns aren't very much fun unless you have someone else to play with.

I think the issue is that the kid was being ungrateful. I can halfway understand if the kid never expressed interest in a nerf gun; still an inappropriate response on his behalf. I remember being 14, and my mom asked me one day what I thought of a pair of shoes (they were one of those "fad" shoes, that they advertise to teens). I told her honestly that they were uglier than satan's asshole after eating taco bell. A week later, she went out an bought me a pair. $60 wasted. I didn't like them, but I acted damned grateful and even wore them for a few days.

I agree, I find it friggin' scary that someone that young isn't happy with those presents. But still, there's no chance OP will stop buying presents, so a wishlist could be a help for her.

Totally not the point tho, this kid gets multiple presents, i don't care what they are, you say thank you and appreciate what you receive as a gift, i don't care if it's instant coffee and stirrup pants.

What the ***** a neopet? All I had was sticks and rocks to play with.

I'm glad I had friends to play with..outside..soaking up the sun..getting messy..kids are missing out on real fun staying indoors playing on their computers. Computers are going to be there for a long time, same goes for phones, iPads etc.