Comments on: Discuss This: Does Commercialism Cause Clutter In Your Home?

By: Tanna Clark

Tanna Clark — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:05:29 +0000

My mom bought us a subscription to Netflix one Christmas and I just ask her to renew it for My birthday and Christmas every year. I love it! And now with the Watch Instantly feature I will never buy a movie again. I love that when the new releases are coming out you can have them within days. Not always the most economical choice to pay for a subscription but if if you watch enough movies it works! Friday night is usually date night and we will most times pop in a movie so it definitely beats the cost of going to the movie theater. Don’t get me started on that!

By: Tanna Clark

Tanna Clark — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:59:12 +0000

So far I have talked one grandmother into gifting savings bonds at Christmas. I think she would much rather get toys. I wish we could do one year with only one gift each and the rest for gift certificates to the science museum, zoo and other fun places for the kids. That would make the rest of the year so much easier!

I’m not big on Pokemon either but so far my oldest only has a few of those cards. HE is a book worm and could care less about other stuff. He will have a small History library soon though!

All of the kids rooms are decorated in a classic theme as well. For my daughter I wouldn’t say fairies or princesses because I knew we would get bombarded with stuff. Her room has stars and stripes but in girlie colors. We also have an antique table and heirloom quilt hanging on the wall. One son has a car and street sign theme and the “history lover” has world maps.

By: Tanna Clark

Tanna Clark — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:48:06 +0000

We have a garage sale every couple of years and get rid of the toys that way but yes, eventually they will end up in the landfill. I wasn’t as careful about things like than when my youngest was little but have become more conscious of it over the years. I love that the legos and wooden blocks and toys like that can be passed on for many years before even looking worn.

By: Wojciech Kulicki

Wojciech Kulicki — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:23:24 +0000

My wife is absolutely obsessed with movies. Whenever we see something on TV or get a mailing about the “latest” movie, I cringe.

The main reason is that I understand how quickly what we buy today will be obsolete. Just look at how we went from tapes to DVDs…then how Blue-Ray overtook the market. Technology won’t stop innovating…the movies we have today will get “better” tomorrow and we’ll want to replace them.

Thanks, but I’d rather rent…and thankfully, I have my wife 95% convinced.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:47:33 +0000

I forgot (probably because we don’t watch TV) & agree with Stacey on Sponge Bob – I guess that makes two annoying things for me.
I think that cartoon is too adult-ish in it’s jokes & such. And don’t tell me those jokes go over the kids heads….. they don’t.

Jennifer – I agree about the landfill. We usually buy used toys (I figure if it’s already made it through one kid, then it’ll probably make it through mine) but when they break…. I feel so bad there’s no way to really recycle them somehow. Surely all that plastic could be melted into something useful – like multicolored landscape path way stones or trivets.