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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 226584" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Nope. My kids don't even give eachother gifts consistently. But then, they rely on me to take them out to shop. This year, difficult child 2 and easy child were willing and active participants and chose stuff to give their sibs and their dad. Plus they had stuff they'd made at school to give us, too. difficult child 1 couldn't be bothered to go shopping, so he didn't have anything to give the sibs (there was one gift easy child helped me pick out for all three to give husband so difficult child 1's name was just added). This morning, I pointed out the fact that he had nothing for his sibs, yet they both thought of him. He said, "Yeah, that was kinda stupid of me, huh? I'll have to try to do better next year." So maybe he'll be a bit more conscientious about it -- we'll see how well his memory works next year. </p><p> </p><p>It was a joy to see the other two, though, hand out their gifts to the others, knowing that they chose it and wrapped it all on their own (okay, well difficult child 2 only wrapped one, but he has a hard time with stuff like that so I did help). They really got a lot of pleasure out of doing this, I could tell <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p> </p><p>I also usually have them choose something to give their respective godparents, because those people also always get stuff for the kids. And I know they enjoy giving those gifts to these adults in their lives. I think this time of year has many valuable teaching lessons for kids!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 226584, member: 3444"] Nope. My kids don't even give eachother gifts consistently. But then, they rely on me to take them out to shop. This year, difficult child 2 and easy child were willing and active participants and chose stuff to give their sibs and their dad. Plus they had stuff they'd made at school to give us, too. difficult child 1 couldn't be bothered to go shopping, so he didn't have anything to give the sibs (there was one gift easy child helped me pick out for all three to give husband so difficult child 1's name was just added). This morning, I pointed out the fact that he had nothing for his sibs, yet they both thought of him. He said, "Yeah, that was kinda stupid of me, huh? I'll have to try to do better next year." So maybe he'll be a bit more conscientious about it -- we'll see how well his memory works next year. It was a joy to see the other two, though, hand out their gifts to the others, knowing that they chose it and wrapped it all on their own (okay, well difficult child 2 only wrapped one, but he has a hard time with stuff like that so I did help). They really got a lot of pleasure out of doing this, I could tell :D I also usually have them choose something to give their respective godparents, because those people also always get stuff for the kids. And I know they enjoy giving those gifts to these adults in their lives. I think this time of year has many valuable teaching lessons for kids! [/QUOTE]
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