Graduation gifts

[lholton2]

what do you give as far as cash?

[mommy22]

usually $100

[GoodAg]

Elementary, High School or College level graduation?

[lholton2]

high school

[ms.artvandelay]

My son recently graduated from high school and he received many monetary gifts. I would say, on average, most people gave him $25 (not including grandparent/aunt gifts). I think $25 is a nice gift for high school graduation. He was thrilled!

[binbunch]

Depends on how close you are to the graduate. Anywhere from $25 up is good!

[DachshundDiva]

I gave my great neice a 100 dollar gift card for her high school graduation. The fact that my brother's grandchild was graduating for high school made me feel ancient. I am ancient but I usually don't feel it.

[Sticky Davis]

Originally Posted by binbunch

Depends on how close you are to the graduate. Anywhere from $25 up is good!

+1. Depends on your relationship to the graduate. We do try to give meaningful, thoughtful gifts when possible (instead of cash.) But when we do give cash, we usually give $25-$40 when we don't know the graduate well - more if they're a close relative or friend, but we don't usually exceed $50 to $75.

[Pookie1263]

I had three graduations this year that were the children of my best friends (two were twins...). I gave $100 each, which killed my discretionary spending money for the month!