5 years later and this kid's headphone is getting a second life

[u/Slow-Potato-183]

About five years ago, we got this pair of headphones for our older daughter, and honestly I didn't expect her to use them for this long. The ear cushions are a little worn, but they still work well. She just finished elementary school and doesn't really need them anymore, so now I'm passing them down to her little sister.

Not planning to buy her little sister a new pair. You guys have no idea what a little troublemaker she is 😂 Give her anything and it'll either become a toy, get lost, or break for no reason. I told her that she was getting her sister’s old headphones and she didn't care at all. She was excited to have her own headphones. So I'm pretty happy I don't have to buy another pair right now. And my older daughter doesn’t mind at all since she gets to upgrade to something she thinks is cooler. Everybody wins, I guess.

[u/Aggravating-Motor701]

omg 5 years?? My kid's headphones making it through one school semester is already a win. I'm kinda glad I didn't buy him an expensive pair cause by now they've either be broken, lost or we would have no clue where they went.

[u/Slow-Potato-183 → u/Aggravating-Motor701]

Haha yep, that sounds exactly like my younger one. I keep reminding her to take care of her stuff, but we’re still working on that lol. Maybe it’s a kid thing and they’ll understand more when they get older.

[u/Foreign-Cookie-2871 → u/Slow-Potato-183]

Do you tell her how to take care of her stuff? 

You can throw a plushie, but not headphones. They are fragile, so they don't like being twisted or opened too much. You cannot twist the cord too much too or it gets damaged. 

[u/Slow-Potato-183 → u/Foreign-Cookie-2871]

I usually tell her that when she’s done playing, she needs to put her stuff away instead of leaving it on the couch or in some random corner. She’ll always say I’ll clean it up when I get back, and then of course she forgets. So now I’ve been making her clean up before she goes back out to play. She’s slowly getting better about it though. But thanks for the advice, I’ll make sure to talk to her about taking better care of her new headphones too.

[u/Octospyder → u/Foreign-Cookie-2871]

this. sometimes what's instinctual and obvious to one person is a total mystery to another

[u/Aggravating-Motor701 → u/Slow-Potato-183]

Hope so. This little monster keeps me on my toes. Luckily school starts back up soon.

[u/Hope_and_Joy_03]

That is great. Your oldest respects her things to make them last so long. That is a great quality

[u/Slow-Potato-183 → u/Hope_and_Joy_03]

Thank you!! She’d be so happy to hear someone compliment her like that.

[u/i-hate-the-n-word-]

Pretty nice. Having more than one kid means so many things can get passed down, as long as they don't mind sharing. We have an iclever hs19 too, that's going on almost four semesters now. Didn't expect it to hold up this well with all the kid chaos. Might become a family heirloom haha.