Should I give cash, checks, or gift cards to nieces and nephews for birthdays?

Ask their parent. I would either give them cash, unless of course you are mailing it, or a gift card to their favorite store. Either way that gives them the freedom to buy what they choose.

I would say cash is always the best. The problem with gift cards is that alot of them now have hidden fee's. With a check you never know who to make it out too.

Should you make it out to the parents or the child. The child may not have an account to negotiate the item at the bank. It just seems like Cash is so much easier when your dealing with kids.

Again this is only my opinion.

Gift cards are supposedly suppose to show that you thought about what you wanted to give as a gift. No one really thinks of a gift card as anything more than money that you can only spend at one place which is annoying. Checks are as good as money but you have the added hassle of outstanding checks.

You wrote three checks for your nieces and newphew two weeks ago but they still havent been cashed because they are sitting in piggy banks. Cash is what every kid wants. Cash is no hassle and its fun to wave around when you are little and when you are an adult.

Cash can give them an opportunity to save it and put it toward something expensive like some sort of electronic device they've been wanting. Checks are more secure than cash as well, but require a trip to the bank which is usually not fun for anybody, especially around the holidays. However, if you're mailing them money, writing a check is definitely the safest way to get it to them through the mail.

Gift cards are more secure, but unless they are spent right away, they can get lost in the shuffle of gifts and cards. Regardless, the problem with gift cards then becomes where to purchase the gift card! :).

If I am choosing between the three I would typically give the gift card. By doing so, it allows the person to have a gift but choose their own. Providing a check or cash may mean they simply whittle the money away and don't even know what they used it for later.

With a gift card, they can remember " I used the gift card from Aunt "SSMACD" to buy this pair of jeans. " Alternatively, you could give a roll fo quarters and coupon for a ride to the arcade or a box of movie style candy and movie passes as gifts also.

My grandmother and mother actually came up with a combination idea to solve the problem. My Grandmother is great but she realised that she didn't really know what a 6 year old boy wanted for Christmas or his Birthday. But she did know that I loved to open presents.So she sent a gift card or cash to my mother, who would then go out and get something for me and wrap it up.

She'd also let my Gran know what she'd got me so that when I called her on my birthday to thank her she'd know what the present was.

What type of gift to give typically depends on your niece/nephew’s personal preferences and how much you know about her/his likes and dislikes. Are you aware of a specific type of gift she/he is looking forward to or what type of store she/he likes to shop at? If so, then a gift card would work great.

Gift cards are likely less risky to send in the mail than cash. If you are not so sure as to what your niece/nephew prefers, cash in a birthday card (personally handed to the child) is probably a better option, since she/he is then able to purchase whatever item she/he loves best and shop at any store. Cash also allows the child to save the money or deposit it into her savings if desired.

Checks would be a good substitute for money needing to be sent to a niece/nephew located farther away, since it is best never to send cash in an envelope.

Cash. Cash is the best because they may really be craving shopping at a store you've never even heard of. Your cash gift could be their chance to finally get something they'd really wanted....or go to the movies with friends...or to a theme park....or doing whatever it is makes them happy.

Gift Card = #2 If cash is too vulgar for you (which I disagree with! ), then gift cards are nice. True, they're limiting.

And they expire. And you usually have to spend your own money to use them completely. But they're better than checks.Checks.Bad.

Most kids (or even teens) don't have checking accounts. No one wants to wait to go to the bank before enjoying a gift. It's one step away from giving an IOU.Ugh.No checks, please!

I would do a gift card is the hardest thing to mess with and use on other things that it shouldn't be used on and also that way it can be for a specific place the child always rants and raves about...

I think that this can vary with your nieces' and nephews' ages. For example, I am 29. I tend to get checks from my aunts and uncles and I prefer that to cash or gift cards.

A check can go right into my bank account, and I can then use it to pay bills or other boring things grown-ups have to do with their money. Often times, this is much more helpful than gift cards, which can only be used towards certain items, or cash, which tends to get frittered away on frivolous things I might not actually need. For younger relatives, however, cash can make them feel special; having money in-hand makes them feel grown-up and happy.It can also teach them about saving and responsible spending.

It depends on their ages. Teens can be so hard to buy for unless you want to spend big bucks on electronic gizmos. With a gift card or cash (no checks unless they have their own bank account) they can buy what they want.

Teens who aren't old enough to hold jobs yet always appreciate a bit of extra spending money. Younger kids, on the other hand, want presents they can unwrap and play with immediately. If you give them cards or cash they will pester Mom and Dad mercilessly until they take them out to spend them.

Heck, mom and dad probably just finished dealing with Christmas shopping crowds, they don't want to take the kids out during the season of gift returns! Or the parents might require them to "buy something useful" or put the cash in the bank, which takes all the fun out of it for the kids. If you just don't have time to shop or don't know what to get them, I'd suggest rounding them all up at one time, if they live close enough for it to be convenient, and taking the group out to a local attraction (like the zoo or a kid-friendly museum) or to a movie that is appropriate for their ages, as a gift.

If you have so much money and if you love them, surely give them those gift cards.

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