Clearly I did something wrong chinuch wise because my kids are so ungrateful and always whining about what they don't have.
My kids complain that they don't have their own money and come Chanuka they complain that they get so little Chanuka gelt. They are not old enough to work to earn money.
I buy them everything that they need and some of what they want but their wants feel endless.
They complain that they don't have their own money even if they want to pay towards all these extra wants.
Apparently other kids get money for their birthdays and a lot of Chanuka gelt. My kids' grandparents and relatives don't give them much Chanuka gelt, maybe a dollar or two. And no one gives them money for their birthdays or any other occasion.
DH does not believe in allowance (I'm not so firm one way or another) or paying kids for chores.
They already started whining about how little Chanuka gelt they get.
It really grates on my nerves. We aren't rolling in dough and we do our best to provide for them. It's not our fault that we don't have the types of relatives that gift money.
I'm not sure what to do? I'm sure there are kids in school that have less than them but of course those aren't the kids they are looking at.
How can I help them be sameach bchelko?
