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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My preferred mode of appreciation is a thank you letter, detailing exactly why I am grateful to this person. Anyone can write a thank you letter, therefore it does not introduce an economic bias in the relationship. Also it limits the number of people who receive such a letter, since instead of smothering everyone in sight with insincere sentiments or filthy lucre, it forces you to think about what this person brought into your life or your child's life.

I hate tipping educated professionals (whatever their stipends or salaries) just as I hate paying my friends. A relationship as important as my good friends or my children's teachers should not be influenced by cash. Actually I really do not approve of tipping anybody whom I already pay for services. [b]Other developed countries do not have this tipping frenzy and their children are well looked after at camp and school regardless.
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I do contribute to the end of year gift at school - since the cash that I give the room parent will be converted into a spa day, or some other gift the teacher has hinted at.

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+1. In my European home country, giving gifts to teachers (especially cash) is completely unheard of would be looked at as bribery. The tipping culture in the US is completely out of control. It just gives employers license to underpay their staff.

I like the idea of the letter.
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