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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]God I would love it if people didn't bring gifts to my DD's birthday party. I hate writing thank you notes and we're swimming in junk. Probably 75% of the parties we go to are no gifts parties and I'm starting to think it's rude the parties that aren't "no gifts" parties. But I have a toddler who isn't into gifts. [/quote]

I realize you said you have a toddler, but I have older ES aged kids and I think learning to write thank you notes is one of the best parts of my kids’ friends bringing gifts to their birthday parties.  My kids have been writing their own thank you notes since at least 1st grade if not K, and my 5th grader is now very good at it and can do them independently.  It’s a good skill to learn and birthday presents are perfect and reinforce it as something for their own friends too and not just older relatives, etc.  plus, kids love getting mail.  One of my DD’s friends wrote a thank you note for the thank you note and now they’re writing letters back and forth.  [/quote]

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