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On this episode of The Middle School Mind podcast, we talk about tween gift ideas this holiday season with our hot take with wrong answers only.
This is our attempt at sarcasm to talk about gifts parents and loved ones should NOT buy the tweens on their gift list this holiday season.
We rate these tween gift ideas on a scale of 1 to 5 empty presents, with 5 empty presents being a really bad gift and 1 empty present being a great, super useful gift.
Father and Son talk about the following tween gift ideas (wrong answers only):
Jojo Siwa’s D.R.E.A.M. Tour front row tickets and a meet and greet session
Son gives this 4 out of 5 empty presents. Jojo Siwa popularity peaked 4 or 5 years ago and her target audience of 8-10 year olds have now outgrown her.
Underwear
Dad thinks underwear is an awesome holiday gift and gives this 1 out of 5 empty presents. We get silly on the underwear topic and we keep this ridiculous bit going through this episode. Yes, we are immature.
Carpool and dinner for Son and his bully (or bullies)
Dinner with your bullies at a nice place like Sonic to talk things through. Son gives this idea 2 empty presents out of 5 presents. There’s an opportunity to tell your bully off in public without any fear of retaliation.
Knock-off, bootleg products
Son talks about how his sister fell in love with a musical, Be More Chill, and mom and dad bought her a knock off version of the tee shirt from Amazon. Dad blames mom for not reading the Amazon reviews carefully. Dad rates this 3 empty presents out of 5. Growing up with not a lot of money, Dad appreciated the gifts he received regardless if they were name brands or not.
Cameo video to your crush from your parents
Dad offers to make a Cameo video to Son’s crush talking about how lucky his crush would be to have Son as a boyfriend. Son gives this 2 empty presents out of 5 since he thinks it would be hilarious.
Insult gifts
Son talks about how his mother received a gift from her parents as a child called Pig Pong that she assumed was meant as an insult to her. Dad thinks this rates 4 out of 5 empty presents. The intention was good, but it still ended up resulting in hurt feelings.
Invite least favorite teacher to celebrate the holidays with the family
Son rates this gift idea 5 empty presents out of 5. He wants to keep his home life separate from his school life.
Family members go way off your holiday wish list
Son talks about an example where you list a Mario game on your wish list and you get an ultra violent shooting game like Call of Duty. Where’s the disconnect here? Dad thinks this is a 3 empty presents out of 5 since there may be potential for you to grow into the game.
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