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Thank you notes are polite and always in good taste (though I say that knowing that there's at least two or three posters on this forum that would actually be offended if they received one, especially if it were addressed to "Mr. & Mrs."). LOL!
Until my girls are old enough to write their own, I do it for them, from ME, not from them with some dopey child-like writing...LOL...
My daughter received a local scholarship for college and just called me to ask the address so she could send a thank you note. Oh yeah, I'm proud of her..
We send thank you notes...all the time. My kids are 5 and 2 so I have done the writing but I make them either draw a pic or now, my 5 year old cane address the cards. I even have people tell me when they give us a gift, "You don't have to send a thank you card!" Because they now I will....without fail!
No kids yet but as an adult, I still send a hand-written thank you note for any gift we're given. I don't think it's old-fashioned - it's just GOOD MANNERS...something that seems to be greatly lacking in society today!
I personally appreciate receiving acknowledgement that a gift has been received - otherwise I wonder if it's even made it to the recipient!
We no longer send gifts to a set of niece/nephew. They are now in the early 20s and even as teens never once acknowledged the Christmas, birthday or graduation gifts that we sent them. I don't think it takes that much effort to acknowledge that someone has taken the time to pick out a gift and send it, kwim?
Thank you notes are polite and always in good taste (though I say that knowing that there's at least two or three posters on this forum that would actually be offended if they received one, especially if it were addressed to "Mr. & Mrs."). LOL!
Until my girls are old enough to write their own, I do it for them, from ME, not from them with some dopey child-like writing...LOL...
My grandmother loves getting the dopey ones! LOL. "Oh, it looks like Sabrina wrote this all by herself." She's two.
Our families both live close and have always told us not to bother with thank you notes b/c I used to do them when my son was small. He personally thanks each person and gives them a hug. We don't have any family or friends that aren't near us so he actually sees them to thank them. I do have him write thank you notes to friends for gifts (he's 8 so he does them) and we have always done that. I told him it's something they didn't have to do so he has to take the time to show his appreciation. I think with technology, email would be fine too for those who have relatives/friends long distance. Some people don't raise their children the same way and you can't always blame them for the sins of their parents.
Our families both live close and have always told us not to bother with thank you notes b/c I used to do them when my son was small. He personally thanks each person and gives them a hug. We don't have any family or friends that aren't near us so he actually sees them to thank them. I do have him write thank you notes to friends for gifts (he's 8 so he does them) and we have always done that. I told him it's something they didn't have to do so he has to take the time to show his appreciation. I think with technology, email would be fine too for those who have relatives/friends long distance. Some people don't raise their children the same way and you can't always blame them for the sins of their parents.
I think as long as they convey their thanks in some way, most people are ok with that. Written note, phone call, e-mail-it's the recognition and showing appreciation for the kind act that people are hoping for-I think anyway. I've never really heard anybody complain, "Oh little johnny just SAID thank you, he didn't write it."
You know what peeves me are those form thank you cards that the stationary places sell now. They go:
Dear ______________
Thanks so much for coming to my ____________ party!
Thank you for the _________________.
Your friend, _________________
I would rather get a phone call, an in-person thanks, get to watch the child opening the gift while I'm there, an email, anything other than one of those.
You know what peeves me are those form thank you cards that the stationary places sell now. They go:
Dear ______________
Thanks so much for coming to my ____________ party!
Thank you for the _________________.
Your friend, _________________
I would rather get a phone call, an in-person thanks, get to watch the child opening the gift while I'm there, an email, anything other than one of those.
When my son was just learning to write, we used these. It let me give him the responsibility of doing them but wasn't overwhelming. Now that he's 8, he gets blank ones. For older kids, these are nuts. But for the little ones, I think they are great.
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