Valentine gift exchange at middle school
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Anonymous
| Do kids in middle school - 6th grade exchange gifts for Valentine’s Day? In elementary school all the kids brought gifts for classmates. Does this still happen in 6th grade? I asked DC and they weren’t sure if the class is exchanging gifts. |
Anonymous
| OP here. This would be for students in home room. |
Anonymous
| No. My 6th grader hasn’t mentioned it. There have been no emails about it. And my working assumption is no. |
Anonymous
| The kids aren’t even going to be in school on Valentines Day. |
Anonymous
| My DD would get little things for her best friends, but that’s it. The boys do nothing. |
Anonymous
| No, it ended with elementary. |
Anonymous
| My oldest brought cute things for her three best friends. They all brought little trinkets. But nothing organized happened |
Anonymous
| No, they do not. |
Anonymous
| No, they don't. Middle school is peak cringe time between boys and girls. In 6th, they usually insult each other; in 7th, they're all agog with who is interested in who; and in 8th, there can be some serious dating going on (sex talk before that, OP). And then some kids are on a different timeline, of course. But this gives you the general atmosphere in middle school - Valentines are to be given only to your crush, and then only if you can bear the comments from other kids. |
Anonymous
Doesn't matter. They're not in school on Christmas yet some gifts are exchanged. |
Anonymous
| definitely not. Only small exchanges among close friends (usually an all-girl thing) or exchanges between couples |
Anonymous
| Nope, my DD is really sad about it. |
Anonymous
| This seems extremely misogynistic. |
Anonymous
| It was optional at our private so my middle schooler gave candy to her home room . Apparently cards seemed too cringe |
Anonymous
This is what happens at our school from like third grade onward. Some kids bring a bag of Candy to pass out and that’s it. |