Thank you cards or not?

[kalafrisgic]

Post birthday party is it given that you give out Thank you cards or frowned upon if you don't? Infact do you give out thank you cards after Christmas too?

[waitingforbedtime]

I always give thank you cards out unless, maybe, the person has seen ds open the pressie and he / we have thanked them then.

[alexsdad]

Yes.

At the worst, they can't do any harm.

Positively, they can open up an avenue to discuss the value of things and gifts with DCs (Paraphrase - "I don't want to write a card" - "Well, why should x want to spend their own hard-earned money on you?"). They show manners, which is never a bad thing.

And from a purely pragmatic viewpoint, you are more likely to get a gift next year if you send a nice 'thank-you' card!

[2plus2more]

ALWAYS!

We send family thank yous at Christmas to thank people for all our presents. - I've always found it a bit odd when parents make a big deal of their kids saying thankyou and then don't bother themselves!

At birthdays the kids also send them and we either send a joint thankyou from hubby and me (our b'days are only a week apart) or we ensure we phone people personally to say thank you - never a text!

My kids have been involved in the cards from their first birthdays - either scribbling on them, writing their name, writing the whole thing, or even just sticking the stamp on and posting it themselves before they were able to write! I think it's really important to teach kids that presents are special and not something to be taken for granted.

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Always, always always. DD age 13 has just handwritten hers and posted them yesterday!

It is good manners.