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We give them gifts now but we'll probably give them cash or a check at least until they're adults (we only have 4 on this side). D's aunt still sends him (and me!) birthday checks every year!

18 will probably be the last one. After that she's not a kid anymore and I won't feel obligated.

She's already 15, so just a couple more years!

Probably will up to college?

Prob until high school or college.

I started giving them the gift of time when they turned 5. What that means is that I take them out, just the two of us, and do whatever they want to do. Usually it's lunch and a movie but sometimes it's a sleepover or once we did build a bear. That being said, 2 of my nieces moved out of state so it's harder to that with them so I've been buying them gifts. In my family, the gifts stopped when we turned 13. I hadn't really thought about when I will stop them.

The rule in DH's family is that we stop at 18.

Eh, we'll see. I'm not super close to my niece or nephew but I could totally see myself sending them some birthday mulah in college.

I also only have the one niece and one nephew, so there's that.

@locavore_mama: When my niece was 11 she was ALL ABOUT shopping! (She's 13 now).

Probably forever. We only have one nephew and will probably only end up with one more niece/nephew so why not?

I probably won't have very many, so maybe until 21? Uses they end up being naughty then I might cut them off sooner.

I guess it will depend. My husband gifts the nephews on his side. My own brother is going to have a baby next month and I plan on spoiling her for a long time.

My nephew is 15 months old right now, so I can't envision stopping. As he gets older, we will probably do more contributions to his savings account instead of toys though.

I still get my brother birthday presents, and he's about to turn 32. I don't understand why there has to be a stopping point.

God kids are my equivalent. Will gift bday and Christmas until HS. Likely at 11 or 12 the gifts will become cash or gift cards. Will gift at HS and college graduation.

We only have 1 niece and are super close with her, so I don't really know if we will stop giving her gifts for special occasions.

Right now, I do bday gifts for the ones that live in town because I'm close to my sister and we see them for their birthday. (I'm not close to my brother and they live very far away.) But I'm close to one of my aunts and she still gives me birthday gifts, so I don't really see stopping ever. Some of my best birthday memories are of my aunt taking us to see musicals or plays, so I'd like to do something similar when my nephews are older.

I do Easter baskets and Christmas presents for all the nieces and nephews, but that will stop when they graduate high school.