To feel that my children should thank everyone who gives them a present?

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Not being self-righteous. Genuinely wondering what is considered the norm nowadays. My children are too young to write their own thank you cards but I always make sure that anyone who gives them a birthday or Christmas present receives a thank you in the form of a card, a phone call or just verbally if the present is opened in front of the giver.

It takes forever and I've noticed that not everyone does this. Is my approach over the top? I think I'd feel bad if we didn't do this, and it's what both DH and I were expected to do as children.

YANBU.
I make my DS say thank you all the time. manners dont cost anything so why wouldn't he use them?
my DD is onlt 14 months but I make her say ta if she wants her cup, bottle, toy etc.
they even thank me for their meals

I think it is the right thing to do. If they have been given a gift in person they should say thank you at the time and there is no need to write and thank the giver.

I always make them say thank you in person (who wouldn't?)

I don't make them write thank you cards tho. We never receive them back either, so I reckon anyone who had a problem would be a massive hypocrite tbh.

I ussualy send a picture of the gift in use, with a message saying thank you from DD if the gift giver was not present at the opening of the gift

Of course you're NBU - my DCs were always expected to either thank the present-giver (if they handed the gift over in person) phone them to say thank you, or write a thank-you letter. Now, an email or text would also be fine with me. My DGC are being taught to do the same.
It really irritates me when I sent presents to my friends DC/DGC (all of whom live a distance away) and don't even get a text message or email - it isn't that I am desperate to be thanked, but it means that I'm never sure whether the gift actually reached them (and I do draw the line at contacting them to ask )

We have a few family members who live away from us, one family always acknowledges receipt of parcel, kids say thanks on Skype, phone, card through post, and they make an effort to dress them in clothes we got them when we see them or are on Skype etc

The other few families don't even acknowledge receiving the parcel unless asked

Guess who gets the most parcels / effort

Note: i meant they thank us in one way, its just a mix of phone / Skype / card / in person depending on when we next have contact with them

My dd says please and thank you for everything. I give her her dinner she says thank you before she's eaten it, and thank you afterwards.

If someone, anyone - even a relative stranger (example our butcher, I know them she's met him twice) gives her anything she would say thank you.
Manners cost nothing. But they seem to be dying out.
She's only 2.6 so we haven't started thank you cards but she would say thank you at the point of being given a gift even if not opened then and there. If the gift was left with me then we would call whoever to say thank you once she had received it.