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5 Ways To Teach Your Kids The Importance Of Giving

teach your child to giveWhen a person takes on the awesome responsibility of raising a child, this means that they are providing them with the kinds of tools that they need in order to be happy, healthy and responsible adults. Certainly, one of the things that help to create that kind of individual is having the desire to give to those in need.

When you’re first introducing that concept to your children, it can be a bit tricky because you want to be able to do it in a way that doesn’t seem like a chore, but rather something that is fun and rewarding. That’s what this article is about: providing you with five ways to teach your child about the importance of giving in a way that will make them want to do it on their own.

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The Secret To Buying Gifts For Babies – And Their Parents!

Here’s the thing – babies haven’t got a clue what’s going on. Seriously, have you ever looked into a baby’s eyes? For the first month after it’s born it can’t even focus properly.

So when you buy presents for a new-born baby, even if you are buying for the baby himself – or herself of course – what you are really doing is buying presents for Mom and Dad.

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Do Not Wait Until You Are A Billionaire To Be Generous

Christmas is a time of giving, and it is intriguing to read the various articles that have been written about the famous billionaires who are giving so much of their wealth to charities.  Examples include Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as well as George Lucas.  Bill Gates and Warren Buffet started a Giving Pledge and many billionaires have joined in and the result is extreme generosity.

It just goes to show that if the wealthy are willing to share their wealth with others, the world can definitely be a better place.  After all, they won’t be able to take their money with them so they might as well brighten someone else’s day with it while they can.

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Buy And Sell Gift Cards At CardSwap

If you want to sell a gift card you don’t plan to use, you can do so by listing it on a website called CardSwap.  You enter both the merchant name and the value of the gift card into the website.  CardSwap gets 6% of the sale price and the minimum they will receive is $4.50.

Once your gift card is sold you will receive an email with the shipping details.  Your job is to mail the card within 3 days of it being sold.  Then you will receive a cheque in the mail for the sale price less the 6% fee.

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Experiences Make The Best Gifts

Do you have anyone on your Christmas list that is really tough to shop for because they already have everything? If you do, don’t worry, consider treating them to an “experience” instead of buying them more stuff.

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