With only 54 days left until Christmas are you beginning to feel a little anxious about expenses?
You can have honest conversations with your children about budgets and presents - and still keep the Magic of Christmas alive!
Topics in this episode:
- The joys and stress of shopping for gifts
- Materialism
- Giving and receiving
- Anxiety over money
- Expectations and values
- Wants or needs?
- Santa
- Three E's of Effective Discipline
- Giving in fantasy what they can't have in reality
- Easing parental guilt at Christmas
Some Happy Families Christmas Articles:
- Take Back Christmas
- 10 Easy Traditions That Can Make Christmas Meaningful For Your Family
- 16 Gifts our Children Need For Christmas
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