My son just purchased $250.00 boots for my grandson...my daughter is upset.....

OMG, that was an expensive pair, no doubt. I would never get such type of thing specially for a kid , who does not keep things properly. Its good that your daughter was able to convince your son.

First of all it really depends on the family's income. $250 can be much or can be little.. Secondly, at 12 he is a big boy and he can start to learn some responsibility. Is he going to have his first real boots at 18? Really now.. I think it would be OK for a relatively wealthy family to buy boots for the child, and maybe tell him to care for them or he will have to stick to sneakers if he's not careful. Kids need to be prepared for life not just boxed in and then released in it later, and they need to learn things one at a time. I got my first mountain boots at 11 (and they were about 100$ at that time, 15 years ago, and at that economy in our country; it was really expensive for us to afford as a family but my dad wanted me to have the best and warmest boots). I went hiking with my teacher and class after that. If I didn't have them I couldn't have gone with them, can't hike with sneakers, can't play in the snow with sneakers, or go out in the rain or after rain. Maybe it's just my opinion, but I think this is the right way to go.

At twelve years old it is very possible that he would outgrow them without wearing them more than once or twice. For that same price he could get as many as four really good pairs of sneakers if he shopped right.

Those boots must be awesome! It is quite expensive but it would be alright if the quality is good as well. Some kids don't care about the price but the style or how it looks. Some kids nowadays are very demanding and they wanted to have more expensive stuff. Maybe, your daughter wants to have useful things for the kid since it costs a lot. She prefer comfort and suitability. but i guess your son thought it could be good to have those boots. We all think differently anyway.

That is alot to pay for an adult pair much less a child of that age. I don't think i have ever seen kid's boots that expensive before. Is that a 'holiday' price? I am glad that he understood and took them back. A 12 year old is alot more active than an 18 year old too.

Woah! Your son must love your grandson heaps! But really, you shouldn't spend like that much for a pair of boots, he may be interested when he's like in his late teens but not at 12. I think it's better as sneakers or even a game console if your son is willing to buy that for him. I think it's too early to introduce kids to expensive branded clothing. Because I reckon if you do, the only clothing they accept are expensive clothing that are branded so they can show it off to their friends. I'm in my late teens and all my friends wear branded stuff that cost like hundreds of dollars. Like who spends 200 bucks for a pair of jeans? A friend of mine has an aunty who ordered several True Religion jeans from the United States to Australia and they all costed almost 200 dollars and she bought them for her kids who were like 8 or 9. Seriously, why spend so much for your kids?! They're not going to understand that they're wearing a 200 dollar piece of clothing, they'll just wreck it! Even I wouldn't spend like 50 dollars for a pair of jeans So I can see why your daughter was upset.

Gee they are expensive boots, I have never even had a pair of shoes that cost that much for myself, I am one of these people who would prefer to have a few cheaper things rather than one expensive item anyway no matter what it is, its not good in a way to teach your kids to live the expensive way...

Maybe your daughter got a point here. Maybe your grandson doesn't need something so expensive now. He should know how hard his parents earn that money, and he shouldn't ask for something outrageously high price. I hope that your grandson won't be too upset about not getting the boots.