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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not give cash.  If you gave us cash, [b]it would go to the college fund[/b].  My kid has no reason to have cash.

I would do a $15 gift card and a generic birthday card.  We do generic birthday cards (just get a pack) and generic wrapping paper (cheaper than a bad in less you are recycling one).[/quote]

Cash automatically goes to the college fund, even from a friend for his birthday?

Is there nothing your dc would like to buy for themselves or are they not allowed to?[/quote]

Everything goes in the college funds. If it is a small amount we usually double or triple it.  My kids get plenty and then some.  They know college is an expectation and their money gets saved as well as ours.  My parents did that for us and taught us to be responsible with money.  They paid for everything we needed through grad school.  [/quote]

So they aren't allowed to spend money given as a gift.  Interesting.

My BIL/SIL did this.  The entire family started giving gift cards.  If we wanted to donate to college, we would do so specifically.  A birthday or Christmas gift is exactly that.

OP, given this perhaps a gift card is the way to go. [/quote]

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