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[quote=Anonymous]Young Relative(17m)  has biological parents in a drug spiral, he didn’t receive gifts for Christmas from either parent. He’s staying with a maternal cousin who is elderly who  did get him some of his favorite candies and sodas  for Christmas. She’s on limited income and he seems to be thriving with her.

My heart wants to send something as a gift that he would have gotten from his parents but I don’t want to undermine what has been provided to him if that makes sense.

The relative is a shared relative of ours and is in her late 70s. So more of a grandmother to him though also a cousin. But she calls me periodically with updates on their situation.

If I send something like an Xbox gift card or anything else, is that making her gift of his favorite treats look bad?

I want to help and show him that he is loved by more people than he knows but also not undermine her efforts.

I also don’t want her to feel like she needs to send my children a gift either or that they owe me anything. [/quote]

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