my son and another friend were invited out with a classmate of their with his mom, sister and aunt to go see a movie and for pizza afterwards. this mother won't take any money from us. they were gone for 6 hours. and at the pizza place was a huge game room and she gave each kid 20 plus dollars to play games. so i need to know how do i have my son say thank you besides just saying it to show how much we appreciate what she did today? my son is 7 years old!!
thank-you for all the ideas and support...i was planning on doing a thank-you note but jsut wanted to see how others would handle this type situation. i had my son write one line for the thank-you and the other boy also write a line. and both signed it! and the thank-you is ready to go to the mail!!!! thanks everyone!!
Hi K.,
A thank you note (mailed to her) is the perfect thank you. So many people don't do that anymore and it would be the gentlemanly thing to do. It's a good habit to get into. I appreciate you asking!
M.
A thank you note is never inapropriate. It could even just be a piece of construction paper that he cuts out and writes on. It doesn't have to be fancy. I personally would like the handmade version more. I don't think it matters if you have write a thank you note every 2 weeks, it is teaching your kids something valuable. If it ever starts to get tedious for them, just remind them why they are doing it. If you have to write them that frequently, how wonderful your community must be. I don't think a gift or anything else is necessary, because that might become a ridiculous cycle of back and forth, but notes are great. And reciprocating when you can is a great additional thing to do, but that opportunity might not pop up for a while.
I agree with him writing a thank you card saying how much fun he had! A thank you goes a LONG WAY!
make a card that is from him and give it to her. maybe make some brownies with your son and send them with the card. :)
I would have him write a thank you note and send it to her.
Have him write a note; you may have to tell him what to say, but at 7, he should be able to write somewhat legibly. Good for you trying to teach your son to be polite. Not enough parents are doing that these days.
How old is your son? Can he write at all or write his name? Maybe write a thank you card and let him sign it.
I think it would be really cute if your son drew her a picture or made a thank you card of his own. A sun, a smiley face, a flower, a heart with his name signed.
Kids these days aren't taught to really give their appreciation and I think it's great you want to encourage him to do so.
I can promise you that something he makes with his own little hands will matter more to her than anything you can buy or even bake.
Thank you.
It's only 8 letters.
Nothing fancy necessary.
I know she will appreciate it.
Best wishes.
we love thank you notes. And my husband works for Hallmark, so we like to support his business. :-)
Hi- While I agree thank you notes are important for gifts I don't think I'd send one in this case. As your boy grows there will be many times when he spends time with other families and they are generous, you'll be having him write a lot of thank you cards. When another family takes one of my girls somewhere and spends money on her of course we both verbally thank them. I then try to reciprocate in some way within a few weeks. You don't have to spend a bunch of money just be sure to include the other child on a fun actiivity, picnic at the beach, sleep over, nature hike whatever they would find fun. With two girls 7 & 11 honestly if we wrote thank yous everytime another family took our kids out we'd be writing several a month and something tells me this type of thing is going to increase a lot as they get older!
Yep--agree with so many moms--a handwritten note of thanks. Lots of stuff like this will come up but this outing seems especially generous.
