My 10 year old daughter wants an Ipod touch?

My 10 year old daughter wants an Ipod touch?
I have been raising my 2 kids alone for 6 years. Things have been hard since I lost my job in June. I managed to scrimp enough money for some Christmas gifts, and my 10 year old daughter is unhappy with her gift

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Buy 1 one for her and one for me.
What the other prople fail at remembering is that we army dealing with a 16 year old girl. This is a little girl. She has no concept of the value of a dollar. I'm sure that when money was better with your family, that she got more of what she wanted. She can't put lack of money together with no gifts. She can only see the world from her own eyes. She doesn't have the ability to look at the world from others point of view. pregnancy question and answersNewborn&Baby
To be honest. I own an iPod touch. It would be to complex for any ten year old. My own mother got one and she doesn't even use half the applications it came with.
Your daughter doesn't need a personal calender, the internet, notes, she just needs something to play music on. Show her the iPod nano. It's cute and has many different colors, and it's $150 cheaper than the cheepest new iPod touch.
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i wouldnt buy her one if she were my daughter, she needs to learn to be grateful for what she has .not be taught that if she doesnt like a gift she just has to whine to get what she wants..what happens when shes 16 and wants a car...you get her a nice used one and she screams at you until you buy her the new one? kids who are never taught to appreciate what they have grow up with a sense of entitlement that makes them unbearable to be around. you better nip it while you can.
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I am almost 70 years old and when my children were young their teacher sent notes home with them that they could have calculators in school. I refused because I felt that if they had them they would never be able to make good use of math. When they ask why I told them that when they understood for a fact that one plus one equaled two and that two plus two was four then they could have them. One has been a schoolteacher for 18 years and the other is a construction engineer. Builds hospitals, schools and yes jails, roads and prisons. When I go into stores, restaurants etc. and am confronted with kids and even adults who can not even count change I know that I was right.While this may seem to make no sense to you, what I am saying is that there comes a time for all things. When your daughter is old enough to understand the responsibilities of owning different items then you will know and will provide them. It sounds to me as if your ex is trying to buy their love. Don't give in to him.
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Don't let her do it. Have her appreciate what she has, and yes, tell her about the struggle you guys are in, and that she's lucky she even GOT an iPod at all. Who cares if you guilt trip her, she will be much more grateful for gifts in the future. Even if you weren't struggling, I would suggest waiting until she's at least 11 or 12 for the iPod Touch.
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I agree, it's definitely age appropriate.
She's being ungrateful. I mean you even got it engraved for her. If all of her friends jumped off a bridge, would she too? I think an iPod shuffle is great for a 10 year old. I'm almost 14 and I don't even HAVE an iPod of any kind. Tell her she should be happy with her gift. I would be thrilled if my family didn't have as much money as they normally do and I still got a amazing gift. I would tell her no.

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Try to explain to her that most kids don't even get any gifts not even for there birthdays and there still happy cause they have there family. that should count for something right? i know these one people and there house burned down for chirstmas and they got nothing and my sis asked them wut they wanted for chirstmas and the kids said we just want a house to sleep in... soo make sure she knows atleast she got SOMETHING i mean come'on man ha good luck
If you were scrimping so frantically, why did you spend even more money getting it engraved?

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I'd have bought her a no-brand mp3 player. Why does a 10 year old need an expensive ipod of whatever type?

I think you need to tell her that you don't have much money and she can be grateful for what she gets or she can go without anything at all.

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