What A Kid Wants
I just got off the phone with a friend who is experiencing some of the same economic doldrums that we are here in Westchester. We were talking about how our kids remembered better times when they were younger: limos to the airport; trips to exotic locations; ball games; basketball games, etc. etc. For Christmas, my daughter wants--in no particular order--jeans (she has five pairs or so), a $359 camera from Costco; a 'cool' ski helmet (not the $50 kind, the $129 kind); cross country skiis; new ski gloves; a new Ipod Touch--she lost the last one--and as many shopping trips to the city as can be managed. Currently she wants different shampoo; and an $80 yearbook even though she's in 9th grade and surely will barely be in it. Oh, and she also wants to take classes on Saturdays at FIT at $450 a pop. My daughter is spoiled but she also remembers better times. She remembers the days when she would pick something up in a store and even before she could put it down I would ask "