17 Jul More

My niece, Beatrix, is like most children. She wants. She wants more. She wants more and more and more. For her recent birthday, Beatrix received a set of "Critter Creatures," along with their special playhouse. This set-up got about an hour of play before Beatrix was asking to go online and find more creatures. Specifically, she was aiming to use a Target gift card, another birthday present, to increase her collection. Suddenly, and all too quickly, the creature set she had wasn't good enough. It just wasn't as fun to play with, knowing that there was so much more, and seemingly better, to be had. I marveled at how the universally human desire-mechanism was already in full force for Beatrix at such an early age.