If your child received money or a gift card, say what he or she plans ... about a mother who used to require her kids to write thank you notes before they could wear the new outfit or play with ...

Growing up in the South in the '60s, I was taught from an early age that sending a handwritten thank-you ... the notes in question were not your typical “thanks for the Amazon gift card.” ...

Call me harsh, but I told my mother, “Grandmother has never written me a thank you note, and I gave her a gift. I will start writing when she does!” I read these complaints in your column and ...