finances help: I am a lone parent, and work really hard everyday both at work - Help.com

Certanly for an 8 years old kid a gift must be important, but if you are able to remember your old days when you were 8. I’m sure you’ll remember that there was nothing more important than your parents.

He must understand (And he will) that at this point of time money is an issue in your family and that you are doing whatever is in your hands to continue your lives

You and him are a family and that falmily is all what you both have now, and this family is all you will have in the future

No kid is going to change a family for a $gift$ if he allready has and knows he has the biggest gift ever, his family (You).

I have 4 kids and love them all, sometimes I get short on money, sometimes I have some more, anyway they know my real $$$ situation and they know when to ask for more and when not to. now my kids are 20, 18, 15 and 3, but they know our finance situation and how much it cost to pay the leasing, mortage, services, food, dressing, school, etc. They know how much we have and how we are using it. Now days thewy help me about planning expenses, and yes, sometimes they tell me that it s posible to buy something more and how to save something else.

In short words, as you are his support, and he is your motive. You can be his motive too and he can be a support for you.

He must learn that a parent love is not proved by $gift$$$
It is proved by the every days efforts we (Parents and Sons, “Family”) do.
and by the no weakness and no giving up when problems come

Guide him to be strong and mature, he will understand

Don’t size your love to your son by the amount and price of things you can buy him
Size it with what are you teaching him, and what are the family values he’s learning