What's the best gift a parent can give to their child?

Books! Reading unlocks the imagination and takes you to places you can only imagine going to. When I was a kid, my parents didn't buy me toys (I was upset but oh well) and all I had were books - Enid Blyton, Shakespeare, Tolkien etc. And on Saturday we would go to the library to borrow more books! I could be anybody or anything I wanted when I read books. Besides sharpening my reading, writing skills and furthering my education, being a bookworm, I believe, has contributed alot to my emotional quotient (EQ).