If a child lives with tolerance, He learns to be patient. If a child lives with praise, He learns to be appreciated. If a child lives with acceptance, He learns to love. Children have basic needs that we must understand. No gifts will substitute for time.
Gifts are a very inadequate expression of love.
Our children really don't want our gifts, but our time. With a timid voice and idolizing eyes, the little boy greeted his father as he returned from work. Don't bother me now. It was already dark, and the father was feeling guilty for what he said. Maybe, he thought, his son needed to buy something for school.