Have you ever noticed how completely helpful people can be to pregnant women?
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 at
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when baby stuff are given away, they seem only slightly used. whereas when they’re child’s stuff, the thinking is that they’re already overused –and not carefully at that.
this stems from the fact that a baby can’t do wrong. a baby’s shirt wouldn’t be THAT dirty, THAT crumpled, THAT abused. but a kid’s old belongings –oh you know how kids are! ‘who knows where that shirt has been!’ comes to mind. no matter how neat and nice it looks.
EDIT: btw, it still depends on the culture of the place. where we live, kids’ stuff goes around a lot. and nobody minds.
hahahahahahhahahaha were do you live???? here i do not get any special treatment at all and i am 26w the only good thing that has happened is i get a closer parking spot at Babies R US
I guess it would be depend on the social class you are trying to offer it to, some people look at that as being "low class" I think its a great idea! I have no problem taking peoples hand me downs and getting things i need for my child, instead of spending a ton of money on it all.. Kids go through clothes so quickly! I know what you mean too, everyone was willing to help me when my child was a newborn, but when i say i’m in need of clothes and things for him now that hes older, no one has anything. Put the ad up on craigslist or your local freecycle (so its free) i’m sure there will be someone happy to take it.
Weird?! Are you kidding me, there’s like 8 of us in my little circle of friends that just keep passing stuff around! Seriously, I cleaned out Hannah’s closet yesterday and boxed up a whole bunch of stuff I’m gonna give to one of my friends for her daughter!
Hmmmm…..interesting.
Its more fun to help out a baby than a child. Look at donation at Christmas time. Infant toys and bath items are the number one donation. People forget about the 8-12 yr olds and the teens. School supply donations? Backpacks with care bears and spiderman. What about the older kids? Adoption? How many babies do you know being adopted versus older kids? Most people look for a cute little kid item or baby item and forget the older kids.
no way thats not weird!
do it. you might actually help someone! thats all that matters.
You are so right! Why don’t schools do this more often, there is NOTHING wrong with this what so ever. Some parents are going through rough times right now and clothes they don’t have to pay for would really help out!
You get a mom in the neighbor hood that needs help and all she has to do is put flyers on the door step (yes, that has happened here) and everyone is calling her cell phone with things that we have to give her!
We do have a family services around here that has a clothes closet that they only charge a dollar to get a big bag of clothes! That is where i usually take my old clothes if i don’t know anyone who needs them! At least then i know that someone won’t have to pay much for it all!
As a side note around here good will and all other "charities" that do this kind of thing are asking crazy prices in my own opinion for clothing. Why am i going to pay 10 dollars for a pair of used jeans when i can go to wal mart and get a similar pair on clearance for sometimes cheaper!
The reason a lot of people are ready to jump through hoops to help a pregnant woman is because people love babies, plain and simple. When the kids are 5-12, they think that the parents have been doing it long enough that they should know how to take care of their children. They don’t take into account the fact that kids cost a LOT of money, and when they get that old, there usually isn’t a lot left over.
Putting a flyer up would be a good idea, but a lot of people won’t respond to them because they think it is low class. If you find someone who is in need, but too proud to ask, take them off to the side and offer it just in case they DO want it, but don’t want to feel like they are beggars
I actually have a hard time getting people to take my stuff!
I had a big bag of kids clothes that I wanted to give away to someone who really wanted/needed it and no one came forward to get it.(I placed an ad at the school and on a facebook group in my area)
I had it here for months then motioned something to someone(about no one wanting it) who had a small child and she said she would take it for her daughter.
Not weird at all…there are so many children that need things that have no way of getting them so they go without. I think your idea is a wonderful one, someone will be very thankful you were so thoughtful and generous.