Will you make LO send thank you's?

chicagocubsfan23 · August 2012

I feel like Thank You's are dying away and it kind of makes me sad... When I was a kid my mom always made me write out thank you's for birthday and Christmas gifts. I plan to do the same with DS, and I will send them for him until he can write. Does anybody else plan on doing this or am I just crazy?

theboki · August 2012

Yes. She will have her own thank you cards and she will write them, or dictate them to me before she can write.

cwm11985 · August 2012

Absolutely; it irks me when people don't. LO will dictate them to me before he is able to do them on his own.

Jess & Drew · August 2012

theboki:
Yes. She will have her own thank you cards and she will write them, or dictate them to me before she can write.

This. My parents used to make me, and then as I got older, it just turned into a habit...a very good habit.

ThePinkSuperhero · August 2012

Absolutely! Thank yous are ESSENTIAL in this house!

megperk72 · August 2012

Absolutely. No question about it. And not the cheesy pre-written ones you can buy in the invite section of the store.

chicagocubsfan23 · August 2012

It makes me feel better knowing so many more people plan to do this! DH thinks I'm crazy because his niece's and nephew, and my cousin's kids don't send out thank you's. But I feel like these people take time out of their lives to pick out a great present and then come to the party, the least we can do is send a nice hand written thank you!

526SadieSadie · August 2012

I write Thank You's for her and I'll do so until she can write them herself. Maybe not for Christmas gifts but definitely for birthdays and any other events centered around her.

zinkyn14 · August 2012

526SadieSadie:
I write Thank You's for her and I'll do so until she can write them herself. Maybe not for Christmas gifts but definitely for birthdays and any other events centered around her.

This is what I will being doing as well.

laurenhankey · August 2012

definitely! I am a HUGE fan of thank you's and write them for everything! Who doesn't appreciate being thanked for something? This is something I plan on teaching my LO to do as she gets older but in the meantime I'll do it for her, of course

allardr · August 2012

I will definitely make my LO. It makes them take time to really appreciate what others give them. Before they can write I'll have them draw a picture and I can write Thank You on it.

fryrat · August 2012

Thank yous are appreciated so much more now that lots of people don't send them. We will be doing it.

sadsadie · August 2012

chicagocubsfan23:
It makes me feel better knowing so many more people plan to do this! DH thinks I'm crazy because his niece's and nephew, and my cousin's kids don't send out thank you's. But I feel like these people take time out of their lives to pick out a great present and then come to the party, the least we can do is send a nice hand written thank you!

People (including kids) who don't send out thank you's are rude. Don't be part of the proble, be part of the solution! We need good etiquette and caring more than ever in today's society.

chicagocubsfan23 · August 2012

sadsadie:

chicagocubsfan23:
It makes me feel better knowing so many more people plan to do this! DH thinks I'm crazy because his niece's and nephew, and my cousin's kids don't send out thank you's. But I feel like these people take time out of their lives to pick out a great present and then come to the party, the least we can do is send a nice hand written thank you!

People (including kids) who don't send out thank you's are rude. Don't be part of the proble, be part of the solution! We need good etiquette and caring more than ever in today's society.

I agree, though I don't blame our nieces and nephew, they're only 3, 5, and 8. I blame their moms because they didn't teach them proper etiquette and appreciation.

NerdyMama2 · August 2012

Absolutely!

tcu_2003 · August 2012

We'll be sending them for DS until he can write, and then he'll be sending them. My sis sends them for my niece, and one of my cousins sends then out for her kids (still too young to write), but we never get them from DH's nieces/nephews or my other cousins' kids, and it drives me nuts. Especially when I'm not there to see them open the gift - if I have to mail it, the least you can do is let me know you got it okay...

kadokatie30 · August 2012

Absolutely!

aleishajewell · August 2012

Yes for sure she will be sending thank you's! I feel like it is just common courtesy and unfortunately a nice polite thing that is fading away.

gingermom2 · August 2012

Yes. I will write them for her until she is old enough to do it herself. I like the idea of having her color a thank you.

crlacey · August 2012

Justsummie:
In leiu of a traditional thank-you I have DD color a picture or paint something small to send to the gift-giver. It seems to go over well.

We do this when the kids are too young to write notes on their own, but old enough to be taught to send thank-yous. DD is now writing her own notes.

sparklerose · August 2012

Only if the gift giver was not there in-person to see my child receive the gift. An in-person, verbal thank you for a gift at a party/Christmas is totally acceptable to me and everyone I know. If LO opened a gift from someone not at the party/Christmas then a thank you note will be sent, or usually we just call them on the phone to say thanks.

I have never received a hand written thank you note from a childs birthday party that we attended and saw the child open the gift. I was thanked at the party. Why do I need to be thanked again?

In my part of the world, formal written thank you notes are for weddings and showers.

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