Graduation Gifts  

Most people that I know give money. That's what I got from most people when I graduated. And that's what I give. If the parents are really rich, I've seen kids getting cars. Money is best I think.

My son graduated last year. We took him and one friend of choice on vacation for a week to his choice of destination. He chose Daytona Beach. This was his graduation gift along with the party we threw him.
When I get invited to a graduation party, I always give money. I feel that these kids are just starting out on thier own, whether going to college or not, they will have expenses and I would like to help them a bit.

When I graduated high school my Aunt took me on a cruise, my parents gave me a used car and some cash, I got a pair of 1/4 carat diamond earring from my grandmother, and I got cash from other people (I think I came out with $800 total). I haven't graduated college yet - taking my sweet time. I think when I do my Dad may be so happy he may buy me a new car.

In the past year we have started giving the book The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. I don't even care what the graduate thinks, I'm sure a book is the last thing they want for a gift. I just hope they read it at some point in their life. We sure wish we'd read it 10 years ago, it would have saved us loads of money.

It's all stuff you don't learn in school or college. If they learned it in college there wouldn't be as many of them filing for bankruptcy.

So anyway, from now on, that's what we give. Because when applied, that book will change your life.

For high school graduations, money or gift cards are the best gifts. My son just graduated high school and he received checks anywhere from twenty-five to one hundred dollars and gift cards from twenty-five to fifty dollars.