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[quote=Anonymous]We deal with this too. With my MIL, it comes from generosity so I try to direct her to things the kids would like and otherwise let it go. I quietly donate the junky or too-young stuff that shows up in stockings and Easter baskets. With my mom, it sadly comes from her shopping addiction and we are just the excuse to putter around TJMaxx or wherever. Then she attaches outsize emotional value to the item ("that's the snow globe I gave you, I remember that moment!") and gets mad if we donate. It's really tricky to navigate. I screen all her gifts, especially because she tends to pick up things at yard sales that are incomplete or otherwise not appropriate. [/quote]
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