How to make you're child happy on her Bithday.

My daughter has a bithday every December 12th of the year.I buy her nice things when I can.She wants things like older kids get.I can not afford high priced iteams like the new game systems that came out.I want to be happy in what she gets.Tight budget fixed income.I have exspressed this to her.She thinks her birthday is boring every year.I try not to have a boring day,but I must work so we can be happy.

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I agree with others and involve your daughter in planning for her birthday's event or gift, but is your call on how much you can afford.

It seems your daughter is a teen. This stage becomes very difficult with teens and parents. Do what you can and explain to her the most important thing, loving her. Also, this maybe an opportunity to teach her the value of money, time, work, and a quality education as it influences buying power.

You are not alone, many children and some adults behave this way. Most people want to belong with buying the latest fashion or stuff. Some of these stuff are used for less than a month or never used after one day.

My turn, my daughter keeps reminding me of how old my car is and why some of her friends' parents change car every year. She added, "I think they make a tons of money." I do not know about the "ton" of money, but I do know she becomes wiser about life , anytime she looks at people's stuff. We set the tone in our home when it comes to joining the crowd, but we enjoy life.

Good luck and happy birthday to your daughter!

My child I think wants to fit in with certain kids that may have a little nicer things then her.I can not compete with other parents with there kids.I am not made of money and I work full time and once I get my pay it goes wright out and to the bills.After this I only have a little money left untill next pay day rolls around.

Hockeymum is on to it. Some kids are better able to rationalize than others that they don't get everything they want. So if you can't give her the really expensive stuff she wants, then you can win on the "cool" scale.

Years ago I rented a high-end game system and a couple of video games for my son, and had a couple boys spend the night. We bought pizzas and the whole evening cost less than $50. It could have been cheaper if the boys all brought their own game systems over (which by high school is what they all did), and we could have modified the food a bit.

Kids want to feel special on their birthday, and for a young girl I can't think of anything more fun than inviting a few friends over and primping and preening over themselves. You can pull out a CD player, look up the lyrics to her favorite songs online, and let them sing over songs, not unlike karaoke.

If feeding them dinner is too much, invite them over at 7 or 8 pm, and make an ice cream sundae bar with a variety of toppings.

Good luck, and wish your daughter a happy birthday from all of us.

How old is she?
My daughters friend just had a party last month. They threw a "spa" party at their house. The mom did manicures and pedicures on the girls. Andthe girls styled each others hair. It was very inexpensive just nail polish and lotions but the girls had a blast.

Hint: I found Forever21 to have fabulous cheap cheap but trendy and very instyle clothes. Check out the sale tab and daily special tab for some super deals. Best online teen store I've seen. I just bought a bunch of stuff for Christmas.

I want her Birthday to be somewhat nice but when I do buy her things that I can afford she sometimes does not like them.She makes a nasty face at me.She oh boy what thrill this is.sometimes it makes me feel bad because I can not aford the expensive things other kids get.so I do the best I can.

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