Do you get Christmas presents from your children ?

[Lardlizard]

And if so does your dh go with them to buy it ?

Youngest is six here, so he obvs can’t go alone !

Ds14 still needs prompting but made suggestions and dh helped him choose online. Ds6 and 7 did similar.
Dd12 went shopping with friends and chose really well.

Yes, the dc get us a little gift for Christmas/birthdays. DH or I go with them or we let them both loose for a little while if we’re all in the shopping centre.

Yes, at that age they would go around Poundland together clasping £1 each and make their own choices. I would hover in the background so they felt independent.

We were just talking about that today actually & I was asking DM what age I started to buy presents for her & DF. DD is 11. She bought a packet of sweets for each of us but she’s pretty good in the year for buying us little bits with her pocket money. She makes things too, which means more.

Oh yes. But they are grown up and VERY generous and thoughtful. 😀.
We taught them well.

Yes, for the past 31 years, never missed one.
Dh took them when little until they were old enough themselves.

not really but DD16 is about to start a weekend job and plants to buy me something when she is earning. Other 2 are 15 and 13 and only get pocket money. Do not really see point of giving them money and telling them they have to buy me something! Actually, there have been a few things need when they have been to school Christmas fair and won something in tombola that I would like that it has reappeared at Christmas !!

Both DP and I organise presents to each other from the kids and also a present to DSD's mum from DSD. I think it's important to get the kids involved in choosing a giving a present. Sometimes though the kids present / my present to DP gets chipped in together to get one larger more wanted item.

Yes we would give them £2 for each parent and they would go to choose two presents for each of us from poundland. Me and dh would go together with them and 1 of us would wait outside whilst they chose for that parent then swap. We don't have much spare money but they really enjoyed being able to choose/give us something and wrap it themselves

My children are 7 and 4, dh and myself always make sure they have gifts to give at birthdays and Christmas - for adults and each other. We obviously buy them, but they do help choose them. I think it’s important that children realise it’s not just about them getting gifts, they need to think of others too.

yes my 15 year old does. When he was little the grandparents helped. In previous years I took him to a local shop, pointed out 5 things I liked (£5 - £10), left the shop and he chose.
The shop closed this year and are no online so we did the same off the website, except that now he has a weekend job the budget has gone up to £10 -£15

Yes, they adults and enjoy choosing gifts for us.

Yes. As soon as they were old enough to understand what Christmas is and what presents are, they loved choosing presents for people. And yes, my DH was involved.

We're gifty people though. When my oldest had her very first pocket money, she went off to Tesco. We expected her to buy something for herself, but she came back with treats for me, her DH and her DSis.

I think teaching little kids to be kind and generous is one of the most important things we do.

Heh! My DH, not hers!

Yes BUT I would not expect them to spend money, especially when they were younger. Hand made cards, decorative (!) items, home made fridge magnets, you get the idea. Now they're 12 and 15. The older one has started buying things from the Christmas market, the younger one still made stuff this year. Both are now also giving each other presents, if/when I know what one is giving I try to steer a little so they are not wildly mismatched or spending too much in general.

Yes mine are 6 and 4 they got me a jumper (dd) and some socks (DS) dh took them out.

DD is 21 now and does casual jobs as and when she can (she is studying for an MA away from home). This year she did buy a gift for all the family - it was a board game and was very much unexpected but appreciated and enjoyed. DS is 16 and at college, does not have a job (SEN issues) so no gift from him.

Personally I don’t see the point in CHILDREN buying gifts if it is actually one of the parents doing it.

DH takes the younger two (9 and 6), the 12 year old stopped in the shops on her way home from school and picked us both something up with her allowance she’d been saving.

Dh took my 6 year old shopping to buy me presents, dh picked one from ds and one from the baby

Yep, with the support of the relevant parent. I think it's a good way to teach them generosity and the importance of budgeting with pocket money.

Dd used to buy something at the school Christmas Fair. That way it was a surprise to both parents

Mine started buying as teens, no prompting... usually! 😉

My dc generally make presents. This Christmas we got some decorations they had made with their childminder and a bowl of bulbs they had planted. I provided the stuff for them to do this for us, dm and dmil and left them to it (dc are 8 and 6).

Yes. DS is 5 but I've had presents from him since he was a baby.... obviously from DH but we're teaching him the importance of giving gifts.