At what age should a kid be taking responsibility for getting their OWN Mother's day card / present?

instead of like, the dad paying? Whenever the kid gets a job, cuz then he'll hav money to pay for it. So around 16-18yrs i guess.

At what age should a kid be taking responsibility for getting their OWN Mother's day card / present?
my kids started as soon as they was able to, they save their pocket money and the buy a gift from each of them,

well as she is now my x i told the kids to buy her a new iron and floor mop instead of the usual flowers and choccies
Reply:If you are old enough to be on computers, then your old enough to go out and get a card for your Mum.
Reply:Oh how I wish I could e-mail this question to my sister. The age when a child should be responsible for getting their own Mother's Day Card or even a present for Mom, is after many years of having Dad go to the store with them to pick it out and even pay for it, the time is after all of the right conditioning has been made to show the child that something so little as a card holds so much value and that it doesn't hurt or take you out of your way to make your Mother smile. When the time is right, the time will be right. And the reason why I wish I could send my sister this question and the answers, is, because, of her selfish, single self way of thinking, and because she never took her kids to the card store to get a card for her Mother (who is 85 years old and cleaned floors on her knees so that her children could have and who put her youngest daughter on the pedestal, where she fell and busted her behind off of), her children don't know how to go to get her a card for Mother's Day or even her birthday (the little ungrateful Ba Ba's Kids, don't even know how to say thank you) and she cries to me about how ungrateful they are - children are what they are taught - now. God Bless.
Reply:When children are younger of course they need assistance in making their mother the macaroni picture frame or the card made with glitter. If they get an allowance and want to purchase something, unless they are capable of shopping on their own, they still need assistance in their purchase. At what ever age a particular child has his/her own money and his/her own means of getting to a store, the age that they can use scissors and construction paper on their own, that is the age they should take responsibility. Over course some kids may need reminders that it is Mother's Day. We all need reminders at times.
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Reply:As soon as they are getting pocket money, it will help them to manage money in later life, Moms' would appreciate it far more if the child has made the effort. The value of the card and pressy would not matter if they have made the effort.
Reply:My sister is 10 and spent ￡35 on my mum
Reply:Well I think from school, cause my son is in main stream nursery and he brought me home a made mothers day card which i love and i think its better then any brought card or present personally.
Reply:I'm nearly 18 and I usually get my dad to get stuff but give him money as I don't drive and I'd have to walk 45 mins to get to the shop. This year though I got my dad to buy something but I didn't give money as I'm away from home so I couldn't. I think 16-18 is a good age, it does depend if they get pocketmoney though.
Reply:I think when kids reach about 14 they like to be more responsible and maybe they'll spend some of their pocket money to buy a card.
Reply:I suppose it all depends on how mature they are,some kids differ from others that are the same age.



And then there's the money side of things,some kids are given more money than other kids.



But kids that are at Infant and junior schools usually end up making a card for their mum whilst in school,it's something most schools have them doing,so whether it's bought or made,at whatever age,be it a present or a card,it's the thought that counts.
Reply:from the age of 10 or 11 - once they're getting pocket money. they can then learn to save up and buy something, even if it's only small. no harm in taking dad with them, but it should be their decision on the card and present, and bought with their own money.



i say this, my brother is 22 and once again it has been left to me to sort out. my mum's out the house at a church service, so i've just hauled him out of bed and sent him off to tescos to go and buy a card and some flowers. today's difficult for her as her mum died 2 months ago.



but she's very pleased with the presents I got her - I've simply helped myself to the contents of my brother's wallet to cover his half share in the money to pay for it!
Reply:At what age?.....when they can fold a piece of paper...and scribble.



have a good one :)
Reply:I guess areoun 10 ish, if they have an allowance. My 7 year old made all of her gifts and card for me, priceless!
Reply:depends on d kid, some kids understand early n some takes more time to understand something but everychild is important 4 there parents,approx in d age age of12%26amp; 13 kids start understand everything so by using pocket money they can getting their own mother's day card
Reply:From about the age of 11 !!!!!!!!!!!!



Whilst some of them do not have money to buy a card , I'm sure it is quite easy to make one .



As for a present it depends if they get pocket money !!!!
Reply:11ish I think.

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