Msg from 16 year old boy to parents doing it tough this Christmas - Must Read!

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE:  Here is a beautiful message for those who may be doing it a little tough this Christmas. It's from 16-year-old Ben Wilkinson on the Sunshine Coast. Very touching and something every parent should read.

"So I've been seeing a lot of posts about people having troubles around Christmas and them being worried about their kids getting presents. I am 16 and when I was a kid growing up my family didn't have lots of money and when my mum left my Dad we were living on nothing but centrelink payments, so as a result through my childhood money was always tight. I can tell you that my childhood was still amazing because it was never about the money or having fancy things, when Christmas came around my mum would rap everything up, new school bags, stationary and broken toys and me and my brother loved it! When your living rough and you are worried about what your kids think id like you to know some of my best memories are of broken chairs when the top didn't fit to the frame so it was an adventure to sit down, of couches that if you didn't sit on the frame you would fall through and of TV sets that you had to hit to get working and that had two channels. As long as you make sure your kids know you love them and all of you are still laughing your kids will remember their childhood as brilliant. I promise every parent it's not about the money it's about being a family so you should all stop worrying about whether you can get your kid the best present worth a $100. Christmas will always be amazing for your kids even if what you get them is from the 2 dollar shop. Everyone have an amazing Christmas and remember how great Christmas is -it isn't decided by how much you spend."