Books for Christmas?? What the heck is THAT?!?

[Jennasis]

Boy freaks out over what he thought should be Toys. Note the OTHER gift he got right next to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv4Hpz-GI3g

Adorable? Reminds me of when my now 28 year old sister was 5 and had a total nuclear meltdown when she discovered there were no more presents for her to open.

 

[WDWisTheBest]

This clip was shown on Fox and Friends this morning. Cute. Merry Christmas.

 

[golfgal]

WOW

The kid had about 20 other presents and he was going off about books and the parents were LAUGHING about it-I would love to see the follow up when he is about 15

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Did you see them interview him on the Today Show? They gave him a gift...he said thank you and then said...I have this already! Too funny! You never know what kids are going to do or say!

 

[Mermaid02]

I don't think that was cute. Reminds me of when my dh's Nana gave my nephew Batman pajamas one year and he CRIED that he didn't like them- I mean he really carried on and Nana felt horrible. I would have blistered his butt if he'd have been mine. Nana was 85 years old at the time.

 

[MushyMushy]

Sorry, I think it was hysterical! He's only 3. They don't quite get tact and gratitude quite yet.

Now a 5+ year old acting like that... yeah, not so great.

 

[tomthebarncat]

Who raises these types of people? spoiled,selfish, whiny, tiresome little brats! He should be grateful, clearly needs a lesson in humiliaty. Thankfully, I was raised to be polite!

 

[RitaE]

Pretty normal 3 year old reaction - but not something I'd film and share with the world either.

 

[ICF]

Sorry, but I didnt find it all that funny based on what they showed on the today show....and was shocked that this kid is getting attention. Even my 8 & 10 year olds who watched the clip said that the kid should be happy to get the presents and not act like that.

At 3, my kids knew enough to always smile and say "thank you"....even if they didnt like or already had the item.

I agree with the above about wanting to see how this kid is when he gets older.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Pretty normal 3 year old reaction - but not something I'd film and share with the world either.

I think that is it exactly! It is a very normal reaction for a 3yo, especially since they are just figuring out what Christmas is about (toys to a 3yo). We use these normal reactions as teaching moments and that is how they learn to be grateful.

My problem with it is not the kids reaction, but the fact that this went viral and how many people think it's "cute". The kid is on a national tv show getting more gifts? That is not teaching him how to be grateful, quite the opposite.

 

[Carly_Roach]

I was leaning toward "ungrateful kid" as well until I read the comment put in by the father. He had to disable comments on that video because of all the negative posts, which tipped my sympathy toward the parents. It's one thing when a three-year-old acts badly. It's quite another when adults, who should know better, act badly. Two wrongs don't make a right. (But three rights make a left as my sister is wont to say )

The father reiterated several times that it was his own fault, he went overboard with the toys that year. He reminded people that his child was 3 and it didn't help that they were laughing at him rather than chastising so the boy might have been hamming it up a little.

Would I have filmed that and put in on the internet? Probably not. The little boy was cute as a button, but his bad behavior would be something I likely would not have wanted advertised. But I'm from a different generation than these parents.

 

[MrsPete]

I am with the "what's wrong with this picture?" group.

When your kids are 3, you coach them on how to accept a gift graciously. It's a teachable moment. Even within the family, if they find a gift they don't particularly love, you don't encourage them to voice their outrage at the inferior gift.

And the parents were laughing at his behavior. They're certainly old enough to know better.

. . . I would love to see the follow up when he is about 15

I was thinking the same thing. By that point, the parents will be trying to figure out why he thinks he's the center of the universe and why nothing's ever "enough" for him.

 

[hulagirl87]

Pretty normal 3 year old reaction - but not something I'd film and share with the world either.

agreed I don't think as a parent I would be proud of the fact that my child acted that way

 

[hambirg]

Ok. . I had to watch it. While I don't think the behavior is totally out of the realm of what a 3yr old might do, I didn't think it was cute.

 

[Liberty Belle]

WOW

The kid had about 20 other presents and he was going off about books and the parents were LAUGHING about it-I would love to see the follow up when he is about 15

Come on...

Merry Christmas

 

[Liberty Belle]

I thought it was funny. He's a little kid - can barely talk right. I will agree the parents shouldn't have laughed (or if they couldn't help it, at least talked to him about things , though maybe they did that later).

When my sons were about 4 I explained how people make a certain amount an hour. I'd say, if they make $8.00 and they spent $16.00 on your gift, that's two whole HOURS (4 tv shows!) that they were working non-stop to be able to buy you that gift. That seemed to sink in a little better.

 

[EllenFrasier]

When my dd22 was 3 years old we got her a Little Tikes dollhouse with people and furniture and a mini-van. I thought for sure she would be so surprised and happy to receive such a great gift. She tore the paper off of it and had the funniest look on her face. I asked her what was the matter and she said "this wasn't on my list", lol! I told her sometimes Santa brings gifts that are not on kids lists if he thinks they will like them, and she said "it's too big". Of course, her favorite gift that year was a tube of Chapstick that she got in her stocking....oh the money I could have saved that year! And yes, I did laugh at her reaction but I didn't share it with the world.

 

[plutotek]

He's a little kid - can barely talk right.

When my sons were about 4 I explained how people make a certain amount an hour. I'd say, if they make $8.00 and they spent $16.00 on your gift, that's two whole HOURS (4 tv shows!) that they were working non-stop to be able to buy you that gift. That seemed to sink in a little better.

I'd say he was talking just fine, considering he was getting his point across rather well.

I do like the wage explanation. Maybe that will work on my college student.

 

[mjantz]

Apparently my kids are strange because we let them open 1 present this AM & I chose the books for them to open. They were THRILLED. DD even started reading one right away.

Yep, we're evil.

 

[Mermaid02]

When my dd22 was 3 years old we got her a Little Tikes dollhouse with people and furniture and a mini-van. I thought for sure she would be so surprised and happy to receive such a great gift. She tore the paper off of it and had the funniest look on her face. I asked her what was the matter and she said "this wasn't on my list", lol! I told her sometimes Santa brings gifts that are not on kids lists if he thinks they will like them, and she said "it's too big". Of course, her favorite gift that year was a tube of Chapstick that she got in her stocking....oh the money I could have saved that year! And yes, I did laugh at her reaction but I didn't share it with the world.

The year my son was almost 2 his favorite gift was a bar of Johnson's baby soap... he walked around with it all day saying "Want to 'mell my toap?"

I think the parents laughing and sharing this video with the world is the problem- I might have laughed about it later in private with my dh with more of a "can you believe what a little brat he was this morning?"- but not in front of him when his behavior was so inappropriate. Kids learn how to act from watching us- as the saying goes "Children learn what they live"