Sharon G
<marquee behavior=alternate><font color=red>Proud
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Growing up there were 4 kids in our family. We were the old-fashioned family with same mom, same dad. And I remember my mom making sure she spent the same amount of money on each of us, as well as having the same number of presents. She did this so no one could say favortism. This has always stuck with me.
It's been hard with my two kids. They are 7 years apart in age. Amanda had to accept that as she got older she would have less gifts than James as the things she wanted were more expensive than the toys James still liked. Now, at 24 and 17, things have kinda evened out. I try to spend the same amount on each of them, some years one might get 5 gifts and the other 10. This year Amanda fell in love with a wool coat at Macy's that she could'nt afford. So I bought it for her and she was fine with getting fewer gifts.