Connecting the Generations: Choosing Gifts for Grandchildren

Kimberly DeHart, Sally Bowman and Alexis J. Walker
EC 1522 | Published March 2001, Reviewed 2020

Summary

Suggests ways to make gifts special and to use gift giving as a strategy for building connections across the generations. Describes some basic rules of gift selection, including gifts of time and attention.

About the authors

Kimberly DeHart
Program Director
South Central Michigan Chapter
Alexis J. Walker
Petersen Chair in gerontology and family studies
Oregon State University

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