Mackenzie Click-Mickelson
Chugging along the path of life
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2015
I do understand what you're saying. But I think there's a difference between people who really truly like to gift and then the people who gift because it's expected.Plus, what if your kid is in junior high and has six teachers a day? Plus lunch lady, plus principal, plus custodian plus plus plus. And, your have four kids? Out of control lol
I would feel differently if every person my child encountered (a hyperbole but along the same lines as what you were talking about) expected a gift for Christmas. I don't think the majority have that situation.
I'm sure kids brought their teachers gifts when I was a kid but my parents sure didn't send me off with gifts for teachers much less the bus driver. I don't even know for sure that my mom gave a gift for the in-home daycare providers I went to in elementary school (as my mom worked early). It never made me feel like my parents were cheapskates, etc. But if a kid is in a situation where that feeling is prominent that's an issue in my book. Gift or no gift doesn't mean you don't appreciate those who take care of your children. But giving a gift to those you appreciate for taking care of your children isn't an issue in my book either.