This Christmas, she is bringing that approach to gift-giving as a parent. Zee said she has purchased only secondhand items for her two sons, 7-year-old Adrian and 4-year-old Miles.

Some parents are reporting confusion over the trend, with a 13-year-old sharing a slide with her parents with $100 bills that read "slay," a popular slang term loosely meaning to be cool or to do ...

GIFT EXPERIENCES. As my kids have gotten older and the toys have lessened (thank goodness), my very favorite gift-giving approach has been to give “experiences,” not “stuff.” ...

Dear Eric: I have a one-year-old grandchild and am frustrated that I don’t have the freedom to gift them whatever I choose.The parents have prepared a precisely curated wish list of acceptable ...

A survey found that most parents are giving their kids gifts on their siblings' birthdays so they don't feel left out. The survey, conducted by parenting website BabyCenter, found that 54% of ...

Raagini Appadurai, a 26-year-old educator and social-justice advocate living in Toronto, told me that her family—her two sisters, her parents, and herself—made a no-gifts pact this year.

My parents get gifts for everyone. ... You’re already using a non-gift-giving option: ... My brother accused me of being “selfish” for raising my 11-month-old daughter as a vegetarian.

As soon as I was old enough, around 12, as I recall, my parents just started giving me cash instead of gifts for both my birthday and the holidays. It was more efficient and about as sentimental ...

5 financial gifts parents can give their children this holiday season to set them up for long-term investing success, according to a 31-year wealth-management veteran ...

Parents debate when they can finally stop giving adult children expensive Christmas gifts. Some people argue that 18 years old is the appropriate age to stop while others say the extravagent ...

So yes, it matters whether life is really a gift that's given to us by our parents.Let's think about this from the point of view of Larry and Linda, who are contemplating whether to have children ...

As families across the country celebrate this holiday season, some parents are choosing to create new traditions around gift-giving, including forgoing gifts. Gabrielle Flores, of California, went ...