$ on presents

[crowl]

How much are you spending per kid per holiday or birthday? I am having a debate about this and one more thing to add in too. If kids need clothes does that count as a gift?

 

[Johnson]

We don't count clothes as gifts, and we don't have a set amount per child (we will as they get a little older). We do try to make sure they have the same amount of gifts though like for Christmas.

 

[Phillie]

Yes clothes count as gifts if you give them at Christmas. We always get our son sweatshirts for Christmas... I figure he needs them and it's killing 2 birds with 1 stone. I don't set a limit - I just buy until I'm ready to stop.

 

[MikeWay]

We also count cloths as a gift at Christmas. I do have a limit though, with kids in college the budget is very tight. When they were younger we also had a limit on the amount we would spend. Other wise it would get to be way too much.

 

[KevinD]

The thing with me is that I have two very young children so buying them gifts is pretty cheap. They don't have demands for electronics or anything expensive. You can get young children a lot of little things that they'll have a ball with and won't care what you paid.

 

[Peyton]

We don't set a limit. As for counting clothes as presents, I think there is an age range (like from 5 to 10 or 12) when no kid wants to open a present and see clothes. I doubt we'll be buying clothes as a gift for my daughter until she is a teenager and asking for specific things.

 

[benben]

For birthdays we spend no more than $50 a child. For Christmas we spend no more than $100 per child. We would spend more but we just don't have the money.