Have you ever bought a gift for a child knowing the parents will not like it?

I guess you can call it spiteful but I never really liked my nephew's mother...she bought my little sister this paint in an art set for her birthday..she knew I had just painted my house..and my little sister loves to just add color to things that don't need it..so I waited for her son's birthday to get her back..so for his 6th birthday, I took him to a store and told him he could have anything he wanted..when I told him this, we were standing right in front of a big pretty drum set...lol...once he got finished driving her up the walls, she got the message

I used to think my sister would buy my daughter loud toys on purpose just to drive me nuts. Well, I got to pay her back when she had a daughter of her own, lol. I would turn around and give her the loud toys back along with toys that was even louder,lol. My mother in law would only buy each of our kids toys for christmas and there birthdays. Now she just sends money for there birthdays with a card and gift cards for christmas same with my sister in law. That way I can go shopping with them. Now with my first, she was my mother in law's first grandchild so she went butt wild. Now with four grandkids, it gets expensive. Same with my parents with 7 grandkids.

I have been guilty of this. But I know its something the child will like. People did it to me all the time but then I gave up worrying about it. To me kids are supposed to be noisey and messy. I did once stop and ask a complete stranger if they would get upset about someone buying a toy for their child that I wanted to buy my grandson. they said no and so I bought it.

I don,t have children for the monent and I hope I they will not buy loud toys when I get some. When I buy gift to a kid, I always think of the parent first. Never something too loud or with too much pieces. I will try to buy something educative :)

Oh yes, most definantly, especially the really loud and annoying toys for my nephews...I think that its funny.

Once in a while I have bought a loud toy, but only if it was something that I thought the child in question would really enjoy. However, I do always when buying toys talk to the parents in question first, to see if there is anything in particular they don't want their kids to have, or that they have some kind of opposition to. I know parents who are really picky about the types of toys their kids have, and I can understand that after seeing some of the toys other people buy their kids! My best friend's children have received toys from family members that were totally for the wrong age groups and unsafe! Now that I have my own child, I fully expect other people to buy all kinds of annoying and loud things for him. But I do hope that my friends will be as thoughtful with me as I have been with them, and ask for guidelines or restrictions!

Children love toys but if parents don't like to have their kids toys especially toys that create noise, its something I also hate. I should ask parents first if I will give toys or gifts to children.

Oh yes many a time lol specially to People who used to love buying my Kids Noisy toys lol I used to enjoy buying noisy Toys for Friends Children lol

It is called consideration when you take into account how the parents are raising the children. I also have to take into account that all is well that you lied to your son. Also I have taught my children that 2 wrongs do not makea right. I certainly hope that everything is going well and that all your relationships are not handled that way. Will be neat to see what others have to say. I may be alone. Oh well, it is just my thoughts.

You are so funny. That is very rude to give to one child and not to all. I was always very careful with that for my nieces and nephews, because I know how that feels. If I could not give to all, I would not give to none or I would get a gift that they could all share equally like a movie and a game. I hate toys that make a lot of noise and those are the toys that the kids seem to like the most. They are also the toys that strangely come of missing too. I am not mean, but no toy ever created is going to reck my nerves. It just doesn't make sense. What you do also, is take the batteries out of them.

My roomie's mom wanted loud toys, then she always knew what the kids were doing. It was when they were quiet you had to worry.

I have bought loud toys purposely for my nephews and nieces, for payback sure. I do now however buy them toys and gifts that will benefit them, other than loud toys.

I always asked my kid when i want to buy them a toy. After i know how committed with that toys then i buy it. And when someone else want to buy for them i will remind them to asked first if not they will not touch it. Wasting.

Yep, I am guilty of that . When my oldest was little, my sister gave him play doh when I asked her not to. So when she had her first child, yep I gave her dd a big jumbo pack of playdoh. Then my brother's wife gave my son this loud toy. So when his son's bday rolled around, yep he got one just like it.