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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow these responses strike me as nuts. Yes, op, I've absolutely donated gifts basically upon opening. My kids never noticed. Sometimes when they were little I opened them before they did (if they were mailed to us) and donated before kids even saw them. We have a small apartment and kids have tons of toys here and at school. They're totally happy kids and hopefully the recipients of the donated toys were happy, too. Or maybe they regifted, also. Whatever![/quote]

You intercepted your kids gifts, opened them, and donated them before they even saw them?!?

Omg you win shitty parent of the year. And that’s saying a lot on DCUM. [/quote]

If editing the barrage of crappy and age inappropriate toys that enter my apartment of a regular basis from well meaning but totally clueless extended family members makes me the shittiest parent of the year then you are totally out of touch with what true family dysfunction looks like.[/quote]

It’s not the editing. It’s the taking of the gift before it even gets to the intended recipient. I’m sure you’d love it if your husband started intercepting your gifts and editing them as he sees fit. [/quote]

If my husband and I parented each other the way we parent our children we would be talking about a host of other issues.

Though, frankly, if someone gave my husband some dumb gift to pass on to me that he knew I'd toss immediately, I really wouldn't care if he dumped it before bringing it home.  There is So. Much. Crap. handed out these days. I feel like I donate or throw out so many things that I wish weren't gifted in the first place. Know your recipients, people!

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There's certainly a time for purging toys. I'd say before Christmas is a good time to purge old toys to make room for new ones. Not giving kids toys from their grandparents is a whole other thing. OP should teach her kids to say thank you, to overlook how it isn't exactly the right thing -- you know, "It's the thought that counts."

It's Christmas, people. This is not spring cleaning.[/quote]

DP, but part of the problem is grandparents who buy more than one present per child.  If they could be reasonable, I wouldn’t be forced to screen incoming presents more thoroughly than TSA[/quote]

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