I tend to spend AROUND the same amount on each kid, but I always make sure each kid has the same number of gifts. I know that will change as they get older. How do you do it in your house - same dollar or same number?
I tend to spend AROUND the same amount on each kid, but I always make sure each kid has the same number of gifts. I know that will change as they get older. How do you do it in your house - same dollar or same number?
I'm not sure grandparents don't need to work harder at this than parents. Kids are with their parents all the time, and -- if they're not spoiled rotten types -- they understand that their parents do things for them all year long. For example, one year my oldest got her class ring for Christmas. It arrived in November, and she picked it up at school. She didn't whine that her sister had more gifts that year; she understood that she'd had her "big gift" a month earlier.I only have 1 child (and he's the only grandchild for my family) so I don't worry about equality there but I know my parents make it equal money with my sister and I. I know roughly how much it is and I keep my request(s) under that.
My mother in law likes to have equal presents. My son's cousins are 22 and 19 so they get a lot more spent on them. Of course, my son (6) has only seen that grandmother twice so he doesn't realize it's not equal.