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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids have received gifts from 2 sets of grandparents, and they’ve already been donated. My boys are 4 and almost 3, and they didn’t even blink an eye at the gifts or pay them any attention.

The grandparents insist on toys, not experiences. They asked for an Amazon list which I provided with LOTS of options and price points.

I set the gifts aside for a couple days to see if they’d notice them or play with them or ask for them. It’s been a few days and they haven’t.

I’ve donated them on Buy Nothing and the recipients are thrilled.

Anyone else already frustrated with gifts?[/quote]

You’re not really that frustrated are you?  You did a good thing!

So many kids will get NOTHING.  So many more than we realize.  My BIL worked at a large church event (out of state, not here) where the church bussed in underprivileged kids to do fun activities one evening and then they each got a gift.  He said the whole experience was the most amazing thing in which he has ever participated (this is a good guy - lets teenager throw pies at him, etc).  He noticed one little girl on the bus at the end of the evening waiting to go back to her side of town and she hadn’t yet opened her gift like all the rest of the kids.  He asked her about it and she said her mom had told her to save it for Christmas morning so she would have something to open.

So I just can’t get frustrated about gifts anymore, ever.  A gift overlooked by my child is a treasure for another.  Just keep donating which may be the only way many kids will get gifts.[/quote]

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