Advice

[Mylovey]

Hi everyone. As we all know Christmas fast approaching 😯. Just woundering what everyone gives late teenagers and adult children for gifts money etc. I've always gone over board but as they getting older is it time to reduce what they have... Any advice would be helpful thank you x

A shop voucher , money ,so they spend it on what they want for stores or on line . I have been doing it for about 5 years as the familly and relatives children are older . How much you give as a present is up to the individual of course or the young person I.e. son , daughter, niece , nephew etc works for our familly

Yes my oldest daughter 19 and 21 son is 15 is he generally still has a lot more naw compared to my daughter's but I hate the fact it gets less. But they are getting older with jobs of their own.

Either something they say they want or money. Then a stocking to open on Christmas morning

It's pretty common to scale back once people are adult and earning. You can still make a fuss and make them feel special.

Why do you hate the fact it gets less ?

I'd stick to the "something to wear, something to read, something they want and something they need" rule that I've seen people do for younger kids. Could be a way to scale back and keep things in check, whilst still giving them things to open and having some thought behind it rather than cash etc?

Tickets for things (gigs, theatre) are always a hit here, or nicer versions of things they will buy anyway (this is good for skincare and makeup type things if they’re in to that).

My dm always feels like you should have something to open even now (and me and Dsis are 38 and 40) so we tend to get a ticket to something, some pjs and maybe a jumper, book or something.