Help! I Can’t Compete With the Expensive Toys My Niece Gets From
Her Mother.  Advice on manners and morals. July 2 2012 3:31 PM
Occupy the Dollhouse!   Emily Yoffe. Emily Yoffe  Photograph by
Teresa Castracane.   Emily Yoffe: I learned a new word this
weekend—derecho! I hope everyone else who also learned this word
is now cool and has power. I am grateful to Pepco for letting me
know it was time to toss the matzoh ball soup I've been freezing
since Passover.    A: You need to address these issue with
yourself, then your children—not your sister. Your sister and
her husband have more money than you do. That usually translates
into having a bigger house, nicer cars, fancier vacations, more
toys for the kids. Live with it. Unless they are constantly
flaunting their wealth—which you don't mention—you, and your
children, need to understand that good and bad fortune is not
distributed equally. Sure, their cousins may have more stuff
than they do, but you need to remind them they have more stuff
than their friends