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[quote=Anonymous]It's not that I think I should get to dictate what my parents or in laws buy for my kids. What annoys me is when my parents and in laws ASK ME what my kids want and I give them suggestions and/or even specific items the kids have asked for that are in a very reasonable price range (not $$$ items) and then the grandparents totally ignore my suggestions and buy some random junk that either the kids don't like/never play with/isn't age appropriate and/or they already have it. So why did you ask what to get if you were just going to still go out and buy whatever you want??

I don't think it's very thoughtful or generous of the gift givers at that point because a) they're not thinking about what the kids actually want and would enjoy receiving and b) they're giving us things that we will in turn just regift, donate, or trash.

I'd rather the grandparents not buy anything at all than waste their money buying junk that the kids aren't even excited to receive. The only positive I see in all this is that the kids have learned to be gracious and kind and say thank you even about gifts they don't like and it has taught me to just accept the things I can't control (IE grandparents) :) [/quote]

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