Almost all bday party invites for my 4 year old specify "No gifts please" or "No gifts necessary" - and I totally get why, I added it to hers as well. Are we moving towards a society that's not so into gifting? Or is this only a thing at certain income levels?
@pamelafox I would have loved that. My kids are past the BDay party phase. But when they were younger, tons of kids expected gifts for attending the party. We had small prizes for games, but I was mortally opposed to party favor gifts.
I like the idea of “please no gifts”.
@pamelafox Gifts that tend to be bought for a preschool classmate / neighbor just become junk around the home
We've had success suggesting guests give used books only. Even had a big book swap party for all the kids last year. Everybody leaves with something new (to them) 👍
@edrogers oh yup thats been a thing as well! thats a fun activity. we have 2 little libraries in front of our house, so we have a permanent book swap source as well :)
[one library is for kids, other for adults]
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