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Adult Grandchildren ungrateful or what?

Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Nov 26, 2024 | Replies (69)

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I have a friend who is my age 92 and both of us have grandchildren, although she has Great Grandchildrenl and Great Great Grandchildren. Consequently, lots of thank you notes are sent by her, and she receives a thankyou telephone calls. The children, are growing rapidly, and she has decided to send Christmas Easter, Birthday gifts all in one card at Christmas with her Phone # and Address. She informs them she is enclosing these numbers, because they may not have current numbers. She does not request any messages, but I think they get the message. She is thinking, if they do not care enough to call and say thank you, next year they may get a card only saying "I am not sure I have the correct address, since I did not hear from you all last year." No gifts until she does get a phone message or card. We do live in very different times, and mothers have much less time to instruct there children in "Courtesy". I guess it is up to Grandparents to give the world a little push in the right direction.
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I think it is the way kids are taught now-a-days. I taught my kids to send thank you notes at an early age or at least a phone call to acknowledge you were grateful for the gift. They saw me send thank you notes when they were growing up as I wanted to set an example to them. They are grown adults and they still send thank you notes. That is a blessing to see!