Craziness

So here it is Black Friday. Supposedly the biggest shopping day of the year....The day everyone waits for so they can get all those good deals.

Back in the day, we never had Black Friday. We bought what we thought the kids wanted after watching them oooh and ahhh over things on the tv. Then it started.

The stores were going to open at 7:00am so people could get in and get the "good stuff". Then another store would open at 6:00am. I must confess that one year I was one of those crazy people waiting in my car and then rushing towards the door as I saw a person approaching the door and didn't want to be beaten into the store.

But this thing has really gotten out of hand....the stores are now opening at 3:00am. What has happened to us? You do know that all the store needs is one of any item in order to publish it in their circular, right?

People running about crazily and rudely trying to beat others out of that Wii or a particular CD or DVD. We're crazy out of our minds trying to give the best gifts to our kids. In the old days, we got things like a scarf, skates or a bike and boy were we thrilled to the hill. Nowadays, its Xboxes, DS Nintendo and even cell phones.

Ever wonder why our children are the way they are....look in the mirror parents. We're so busy giving our children what we didn't get, we're not giving them what we did get.

We're poisoning our kids. We're not teaching them to respect us or be responsible and certainly not accountable for their actions. It's like we're trying to buy their obedience and love by giving them the best gifts. Maybe then they'll like and love us the best. Doesn't work that way folks.

Maybe we need to sit down and develop a different and more solid gameplan