In Reply to: hmmm one hopes so... posted by bopgirl on Saturday, 17. February 2007 at 12:58 Bali Time:
And I think many of us cringe at the well meaning posters who say
"my sponsor daughter/son/child" and how gorgeous or cute he or she is.
We do get pleasure from giving but too often it seems the pleasure comes from the thanks that are given from the sponsored kids and some even complain when the thanks aren't prominent enough.
I have many poor kids who receive welfare books, stationary, uniforms etc at the college I work for, but they are not paraded or made to thank anyone.
I'm honestly not knocking sponsors here, just sometimes the intent and expectations.