Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Buying Kindergarten Graduation Gift

Adults can share their gifts but kindergarten students cannot share their gifts that they receive from their parents or relatives. It is their personal possession. We should make a little research of the child’s likes and dislikes before shopping him a gift. Give also represents the image of the giver as well as the receiver, therefore prime importance should be given to this. Normally we take some time to think before buying gifts for high school students but we take kindergarten kids for granted. This is wrong. Giving wrong gifts to them can make them upset or even angry but at the same time if you give them their favorite gift, then will love you so much. You should buy them a gift which shows your love for them as well as they express your happiness on their achievement.

It is true that you have bought them the most beautiful kindergarten graduation caps and gown and spend so much on buying them kindergarten gowns, but it was your duty. You cannot compensate the ceremony’s uniform with the graduation gift. Both have different importance and value and should be equated. Buying them a school uniform is your responsibility that in any case has to be done so that your child gets the permission to attend the graduation ceremony. He well deserves to attend the ceremony because he had worked hard to come to that level. At the same time he deserves an appreciation gift from you to showing your happiness.

Kindergarten kids are too small to understand that their parents are under monetary problem or are too busy with work. It is also better that you do not make them realize this. Let them enjoy their carefree days till they are mature enough. They don’t understand the value of an expensive and neither do they know to differentiate them from inexpensive gift. All they need is a gift which will make them happy. It can either be a doll, stuff toys, nice new dress, basketball or even goody bag. They expect that they will get the best gift from their parents.

Children have the habit of showing their gift to their friends and neighbors. If they see that their friend’s gift is better than there gift, then it may create a problem for you. They will become upset and sometimes rigid on having the same gift as their friends.

So devote same time as you had devoted in buying them caps and gowns for kindergarten. Do not think it be a secondary duty. A perfect gift can build and cement a relationship.