Today is my youngest's 4th birthday, on one side of the family he is the youngest of seven cousins, the eldest being 16 years and in the middle on the other side, the eldest being 10.
Each year for every niece and nephew's birthday we (either one or both of us) make a call, I must admit we have been a day late on the odd occasion, but none the less we've made the call. (Looking back upon my childhood I remember the times when I was too busy playing with my new toys and being made to acknowledge the annoying phone call from an inconsiderate relative - but I do look back with the fond memory of my relatives caring enough to make the call and persist each year knowing how disinterested I was to speak to them)
Call me old fashioned but, since when did it become polite to text message or leave a post on Facebook for a four year old's birthday (from close relatives), he can't read and probably wont for another four years (Steiner Educated) so what happened to using telephony technology (Skype, voip, Facetime etc) to speak to your grandchildren/nieces/nephews for their birthday.
I've googled 'birthday etiquette' and have failed to find anything remotely close to 4 year old's receiving SMS or Facebook wall posts.
Signing off to go TXT my son for his birthday....
Each year for every niece and nephew's birthday we (either one or both of us) make a call, I must admit we have been a day late on the odd occasion, but none the less we've made the call. (Looking back upon my childhood I remember the times when I was too busy playing with my new toys and being made to acknowledge the annoying phone call from an inconsiderate relative - but I do look back with the fond memory of my relatives caring enough to make the call and persist each year knowing how disinterested I was to speak to them)
I've googled 'birthday etiquette' and have failed to find anything remotely close to 4 year old's receiving SMS or Facebook wall posts.
Signing off to go TXT my son for his birthday....