14 gifts for kids their parents will really hate you for
Let’s face it, your idea of a fun gift might be the very thing that makes a mum and/or dad want to punch you in the neck. Sad but true. Some things are messy. Others dangerous. And some are just too annoying when you have to live with them every single day.
Here’s a beginner’s guide to the gifts parents least want to see their kiddo unwrapping, in case you value your life/neck. Ignore at your own risk.
4. Kittens
Animals are not gifts. They’re just NOT. You might feel like a total champ as you hand over a cute and fluffy – or indeed finned – LIVE gift, but spare a thought for the animal this unprepared family now have to care for. For many, many, many years. Kittens are out. Fish, puppies, turtles, alpacas, lizards, hermit crabs. ALL OUT (unless parents have given blessing!)