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I have to agree with others -- you can't control what people give; you CAN control whether your kid has access to the gift or not.

When someone gives your child a gift, even one that is unequivocally inappropriate, you thank them. At home, you can put it away in a closet, sell it on eBay, or do whatever you think is best for your child.[/quote]

I am going to disagree. The people I know would never gift our children anything, before talking to us first. Neither would I ever gift a child something without asking their parents. It's normal to me, it's normal to everyone I know. If I never tell someone that their gift was inappropriate, they will never know - you don't think they might WANT TO know? I sure would. If I gave a vegetarian family, of whom I don't know they are vegetarian, a gift card to a steakhouse...I'd sure like to know that that wasn't quite the best idea I've ever had.

But I guess that's just me, actually caring more about the feelings of the people getting gifts, than my own, giving gifts. I always thought giving gifts is about making other people happy - not about not getting my own feelings hurt...[/quote]

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