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Atali
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 Mon, Apr 27 2009, 4:41 am
I need a gift suggestion in the $50 to $75 range.
Thanks
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Raisin
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 6:25 am
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what are his interests and abilities? does he like music - you can get an ipod shuffle (I think thats what it is called) for about $50 and load it with music for him.
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boruchhashem
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 6:59 am
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remote car, hand watch, set machzorim, taperecorder, books to read, challah cover, z'miros with pictures, matzoh tash.......from someone on the phone with me now, whose brother has down syndrome.
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amother
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 6:59 am
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my bil got an ipod, a camera a suitcase some books a shofar many gave $ cuz didnt know what to buy...
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Isramom8
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 7:34 am
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Maybe sefarim like a typical bar mitzvah boy, so that he feels like the other boys and his parents feel good about it? IY"H I will have this situation in a few years with a good friend's son and I wonder what to do.
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greenfire
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 7:35 am
why would it be different for any boy downs or otherwise ...
buy him a bar mitzva present ... a sefer / a becher /
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Isramom8
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 7:38 am
| greenfire wrote: | why would it be different for any boy downs or otherwise ...
buy him a bar mitzva present ... a sefer / a becher / | ]
I hear that argument. One can say why buy him sefarim that he can't learn from, but how many bar mitzvah boys learn all that much from most of the sefarim they receive? It's a social thing we do, so why treat a boy with Down Syndrome differently?
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costanza
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 9:20 am
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Maybe a beautiful coffee table book of photography (pictures of Israel? A sports book if he's into sports)
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greenfire
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 9:23 am
| Isramom8 wrote: | | greenfire wrote: | why would it be different for any boy downs or otherwise ...
buy him a bar mitzva present ... a sefer / a becher / | ]
I hear that argument. One can say why buy him sefarim that he can't learn from, but how many bar mitzvah boys learn all that much from most of the sefarim they receive? It's a social thing we do, so why treat a boy with Down Syndrome differently? |
right - I see we had a similar thought ... but let the seforim be ones he might get use from ... or would be good on everybody's book shelf ...
Last edited by greenfire on Mon, Apr 27 2009, 9:25 am; edited 1 time in total
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Barbara
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 9:24 am
| Isramom8 wrote: | | greenfire wrote: | why would it be different for any boy downs or otherwise ...
buy him a bar mitzva present ... a sefer / a becher / | ]
I hear that argument. One can say why buy him sefarim that he can't learn from, but how many bar mitzvah boys learn all that much from most of the sefarim they receive? It's a social thing we do, so why treat a boy with Down Syndrome differently? |
Most Bar Mitzvah boys *can* learn from the sefarim that they receive, whether or not they choose to do so. Depending upon the sefer, it may be far out of the reach of a Downs Syndrome boy. Why give him something that he can never enjoy? Why rub it in to the parents how much he will never have, instead of celebrating all that he has, and all that he can and will have?
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amother
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 3:47 pm
I agree and I have a close reli with DS.
While other boys may keep their seforim for when they are older and can learn from them, it's less likely that a child with DS will make as much use out of them.
But that also depends on the child. there are different degrees of how DS affects the abilities of a child and there is even something called mosaic DS that may only affect their looks.
I'd say find out what the child may appreciate. why don't you just ask the parents or someone close?
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Chocoholic
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 3:59 pm
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Why don't you call his parents and ask them what kind of present he'd like or what kind of things he's into....
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shoy18
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 4:33 pm
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get him a music player, like an mp3 player or something of the sort. He can also listen to torah on it.
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solo
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 4:52 pm
I got someone a shofar and his mom said he loved it - I wanted judaica but something he could enjoy
other ideas I had were a becher mp3 player or some cds or jewish concert dvds
does he have a hobby?
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Atali
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Mon, Apr 27 2009, 5:01 pm
Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
In the end I got him a nice tabletop shtender. I figured that he could use that regardless of the level of book he was learning from.
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