Kate, a six-year-old girl, helped her brother wash windows to get a reward promised by her mother, a purple doll that she wanted. She watched her mother order the doll online. The next day Kate asked if she could check the shipping status, so her mom clicked on the web page and then walked out of the room. Kate saw that her doll would be arriving the next afternoon, but then she noticed something else, suggestions about other dolls and toys she could order.

15 minutes and a few clicks later, with more than $350 worth of dolls in her cart, Kate placed the order and ran off to play.

The next day, while checking on another online order, her mother noticed a long list of dolls on the way. She was able to cancel two of them, but it was too late to cancel the rest. She told her daughter that they were going to be returned. When the packages arrived, Kate wanted to open them, but her parents said no. Instead of sending back the dolls, her father suggested giving them to the local children’s hospital. So the next week, Kate’s family loaded up their car and took all the dolls to the playroom at the children’s hospital. Kate was depressed at first, but then she sat with some girl patients and they opened up all the boxes together, laughing and playing. She had a lot of fun and learned a really good lesson.