Do you need to send thank you cards regarding gifts your toddler received at their birthday party?

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Yes, you really should write thank you notes. Simply because your child is a toddler, the toddler friends who... may have attended your child’s birthday party, and gave a gift, were not the one’s who paid for the gift. The parent’s of those toddler’s who went out to find an appropriate gift should truly be thanked for the generosity and thoughtfulness shown towards your child.In the same manner, it is proper to thank the grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and parent’s friends for their gifts also.

If you’re family is not as formal as some, then a thank you when the presents were opened at the birthday party will more than likely suffice. Although, an after party phone call made within a few days after the party, with your child saying a few words would be a wonderful and lovely gesture, which any close relative/friend would love to receive. Your child may not be old enough to write thank you notes, but it would be wonderful for him/her to be involved with every aspect of writing and mailing the thank you notes.

In this way, your child will be learning proper manners, which will go a long way towards your childs thoughts towards writing of thank you notes as an enjoyable part of the after party adventure. Don’t forget to have your child scribble his/her name or leave a mark with crayon on the bottom of the thank you note.As a final step in the learning process, it would be fun and educational for your child to go with you to the post office, or mail box to send the thank you notes. If you make a game of this, in years to come your child will be thankful for the lessons and manners you’ve instilled in him or her.

With the cost of postage rising, you may be able to avoid having to spend so much money to mail the thank you notes. If you will be seeing the parents of your toddler’s friends, when your child is with you, then you could still write the thank you notes, but have your child hand deliver them. That would be another way for your child to learn first hand what the results of his/her thoughfulness in thanking others for gifts received entails.

A big smile on the face of the gift giver will make your child more appreciative of exactly what the purpose of thank you notes serve. Sources: amazon.com?Lin?™'s Recommendations Excuse Me! : A Little Book of Manners Amazon List Price: $5.99 Used from: $2.82 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 32 reviews) Manners Can Be Fun Amazon List Price: $14.95 Used from: $7.73 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 16 reviews) Thingumajig Book of Manners Amazon List Price: $7.95 Used from: $4.67 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 11 reviews) The Thank You Book for Kids:Hundreds of Creative, Cool, and Clever Ways to Say Thank You!

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Yes, you need to write/send them I believe most etiquette experts would say that receiving any gift requires the recipient to write a thank you note in return, whether it’s a wedding or baby shower or child’s birthday party. Since your child isn’t old enough to write the notes for him/herself then you, as the parent, are the one who needs to take care of that obligation. Once we were old enough, my mom always made sure my sisters and I wrote thank-you notes for the gifts we’d been given and it felt like such a chore at the time -- but I’m glad she made us do it.

I think etiquette never goes out of style and I feel like a lot of kids today don’t show any sign of appreciation for the gifts they get -- some almost take them for granted. The notes d/n have to be lengthy, either -- I remember a few simple ones that went something like, "Grandma, thank you for the new Barbie. I love her!"

And I know my Grandma had a smile on her face when she read the note! I’m sure there is a timeline, too, as to when it’s appropriate to send out the notes, but I’m usually late in getting mine out. So, if I’m sending a note out late (and I still think sending a note late is better than never sending one at all), I just apologize for the delay in responding and continue to tell the recipient how much I appreciate the gift(s) they gave.

If you show the discipline and habit of writing the thank-you notes now, when your child is old enough, s/he will see your modeling of the behavior and it will be easier to enforce it -- just like any other rules/guidelines you have set up for your house. Have fun w/ the notes -- and make sure you have the right amount of postage, since the 1st class rate just went up $.02 on Monday! Yuliah Sources: many years of writing thank-you notes Yuliah's Recommendations Emily Post's Etiquette, 17th Edition (Thumb Indexed) Amazon List Price: $39.95 Used from: $14.09 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 13 reviews) Emily Post's The Gift of Good Manners: A Parent's Guide to Raising Respectful, Kind, Considerate Children (Emily Post) Amazon List Price: $17.95 Used from: $5.64 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 1 reviews) These look like they might be interesting, and have gotten good reviews .. ..

Yes, It is the proper thing to do. I will always send a thank you for anything that I receive. My son has very good manners.

Recently he expressed in a Thank You note to a stranger, that it was nice of the person to give him a Little Tykes playhouse. I think if you sit the child down and make him/her write them, it teaches them that using their manners is important. My mom started us out young... If the child is too young to write, the parent should do the thanking and let the child scribble, it makes the child feel important and let’s the receiver know that you are teaching him/her manners.

This would be a good idea for your toddler, I know my son loved putting his signature on everything! The thank you could be for many reasons... presents given to you, a loan of some sort, or an act of kindness, for taking time to help you in any way, or just plain remembering you! I sent a thank you to my neighbor for letting me borrow her lawn mower!

It’s a message that you appreciated their time, thought, gift and for remembering you! I thank you for this question, it made me remember to thank my sons teacher for the mudpie and flowers! Happy Mother’s Day!

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Yes you should always send thank you cards. It's just the right thing to do. You could right them, and sign your kid's name.

Of course the peopole know he didn't write it, but it's a nice gesture. Also, once your child can write by himself, even if it's just the words thank you, he should "write" his/her own thank you cards with your help. It teaches the child some good manners and it makes the people who give the gifts feel appreciated..

Probably! Popular etiquette would say yes, you should send a Thank You card for presents received at a birthday party for your little one. That said, no one in my family does this except for my grandparents.It's sort of an unwritten rule, we are usually together when we open presents and hugs, thank yous and smiles are enough for us and everyone agrees to this.

My Nana and Poppy have always sent Thank You cards and I send them in return. I know my Nana especially appreciates them. For my little ones party last year, I did start her on helping to write Thank You cards.

I would write a card and she'd color or draw on it and we'd send it. Although my family doesn't expect it, I want her to get into the habit now because she will have many other people to deal with in her lifetime that will expect it. And although my family did not expect a card, some did comment they liked getting something "handwritten" by Jada.

So, we will keep sending them. Even at a young age toddlers absorb what you do and she knows she's sending "mail." While we color and write we talk about what present was given and who gave it.

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