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clj02
Lv 4
clj02 asked in Pregnancy & ParentingAdolescent · 1 decade ago

How do you approach teenagers who never say thank you?

My husband's children (21 girl, 20 boy, 17 boy) live in another state. We send them gifts and money for various occasions and only hear from his daughter, not his two sons. She usually sends a quick myspace message telling us thank you and how much she loves the gifts. But the boys never respond. I can assure you they accept and use the gifts.

It irks the crap out of both of us, and my mother in law, who gets the same icy feeling from the boys. They are way too old to be so rude. My husband says he doesn't want to send anymore presents to them. Is there a way I can approach the subject and ask them to respond graciously when they receive a gift?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Next time you send them a gift and they dont respond call them and act worried that they didnt get it. Say something like"Did you get the giftcard(or whatever) i sent you, i was worried it got lost in the mail" and if thier just like "yeah, i got it" and dont say thank you, stop sending gifts, but give them a chance first to thank you by calling them.

    good luck

  • brune
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    i'm 22 and that i've got a dad that lives some distance away additionally. he will especially situations deliver me a examine and of path i visit funds it. His kin will deliver me issues too. i don't be responsive to your relationships to the toddlers, yet whilst your husband in elementary terms sees them once or twice a three hundred and sixty 5 days, it particularly is a clean way for the lads to assert they're dissatisfied. i be responsive to i visit never say thank you for the failings that my organic and organic father sends by using fact it does no longer recommend something to me, and if he stopped i does no longer care. I have not any close attachment to him the two. This guy is mostly a stranger to me and the presents he sends would not replace the time i've got lost. Plus, in case you ask them to respond graciously you will upload gas to the fireplace. i think of it somewhat is impolite to ask people to assert thank you, and that they gained't be chuffed approximately it. If it bothers you that they do no longer say thank you then give up sending them issues, after which you the two might properly be content cloth.

  • 1 decade ago

    Tell them u`re gonna stop sending them gifts because u don`t think they aprecciate it, that will get their attention! e-mail me if u wanna talk or need more help

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    NO! there adults now , maybe their parents should have taught them manners ??? too late now , you dont have to give them gifts , but im sure if u ask them if they liked the gifts, theyll say thanks then cos maybe there just busy?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I agree with your husband you should just stop sending them gifts.

    you can tell them that until they show appreciation that you and their father will now be doing anything else for them.

  • 1 decade ago

    I agree with your husband. Stop sending them stuff if they aren't appreciative.

  • 1 decade ago

    that could be a very bad idea because that's could also insult there mother depending on how close they are too her. parents don't always get a thanks and the aim of parenting is to give and not expect anything back....

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    what little brats!!! im 17 and i always say thank you even if i dont like the gift its outta respect dont send them anymore gifts!

  • 1 decade ago

    Speak to them.

    When I was little, and didnt say thankyou, my parents would go,

    "What do you say?..."

    Maybe they should do that. (=

    lol

    (A little old)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    GIVE THEM

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