Umm I'm 18, I'd love to have those gifts!

I'm sorry, but even I'm not that greedy! I enjoy what ever comes to me no matter what since my family is pretty average or below. :3

parents' failure

As a parent you can still fix this.

It is your fault because you have spoiled your child.

Apparently you have created a monster...completely your own fault!

I remember my 8th birthday. I got $25 from my parents and $10 from my grandfather, and I must have been so responsible with money that I actually said, "Well, there's nothing I really want right now. I'll hang on to it until there's something I do want." 6 months later I decided I wanted a portable cassette recorder, shopped around, and got one. I had fun with that for years.

I think since he's 8, he may want to be like the "cool teenagers." Then he guesses that teenagers don't like Nerf guns. My little brother is in Elementary School and they talk about how Gangnam Style is their favorite song. And before that it was Party Rock Anthem.

That's $200 my mom would spend on me, my 2 brothers & even herself around birthdays all combined. Maybe overdoing it is not the best thing for this child, present wise. I'd consider taking some suggestions given here, letting other kids play with his stuff, donating those gifts to charities or thrift stores, or having him do volunteer work with you to show him through a good cause how lucky he is. Being that young he needs someone's perception to learn. It's not like he can sit in the corner pondering about it at this spoiled point.

You created this. Parents need to take responsibility. You teach your kids values and you can't complain about your kids. Kids don't do what you tell them they see what you do. Actions speak so loud they don't hear what your saying.