| Expensive birthday loot bags becoming the norm Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes spent $100,000 on daughter Suri's second birthday party. ca hates the entire custom. "Loot bags full of crap are sending a message to our kids that we live in a disposable society," she writes . Rather than spend a good deal of money, DeVellis offer you suggestions on parents think of crafts or personalized gifts that will not get thrown out. "The one thing that we noticed was more demand for quality toys and willingness to spend more and more. "People do not want the itty-bitty crappy toys," she says. " The company offers standard loot bags for $6. 99 and premium bags for $10. "There was a time when children attending birthday parties received simple favors like a noisemaker or a trinket for winning Pin the Tail on the Donkey. "A lot of the cheap products come out of China," says Harris. "With the whole China scare and all of the lead issues, parents are looking for quality. " Increased environmental awareness may have contributed the shift towards more expensive bags, she says. The New York Times delved into the problem last week, with an article about over-the-top loot bags. " But buying expensive goodies is not an option for many parents and could even be teaching kids some negative lessons for kids. "I'm just asking that you take a moment and think of something kids can use and will never break or be thrown out within 24 hours of the party," she says . Over-the-top loot bags show young kids that "an event is only fun if you get a material award for it," Susan Linn , a psychiatry instructor at Harvard Medical School and the director of the nonprofit Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood told the New York Times. Blogger Sharon DeVellis at YummyMummyClub. Something that's not going to end up in the trash five minutes falling the road. "We do have people who say, I want something that my kids are going to use. |
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Expensive birthday loot bags becoming the norm
