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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 7 year old would have a consequence.  I wouldn't wrap any of the presents they played with and would place then under the tree u wrapped an let them know they ruined those gifts.  I would leave the younger kids something smaller from Santa.  The older kid would get a letter about respecting boundaries and Christmas magic.  I'd share that the gift this year is not a physical one but a gift of patience that will last a lifetime.  [/quote]

Harsh. I'd hate to be your kid. He's 7, ffs. [/quote]

+1. This is too harsh… that said, I would be upset too. My kids would first ask if they found something in the house that was not (already) theirs.[/quote]

I suggested this because this happened to me as a child and it was my consequence and  I was all the better for it.  This was in the mid 90s. I don't say not to get the 7 year old anything.  The 7 year old will have the presents he or she already played with.  I didn't let my siblings know about our gifts.  I partook on my own.

What did you decide OP?[/quote]

Note that any time someone says, “this happened to me as a kid and it didn’t harm me at all,” it actually did. Exhibit A.[/quote]

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