# Do kids still exchange valentines? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536 "2019-02-14T13:39:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536/21 "2019-02-14T22:12:10Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > My dtr said at the pre-school, it was almost like one of those competitions, where some parents went WAY overboard w/ gift bags and such. My dtr was on the cheap end, w/ cartoon valentines that she had her kid sign. > > I don’t envy her as she enters the age of “what is appropriate in terms of parties, snack bags, etc…” Yep. There’s always that _one_ parent that throws caution to the wind and over does things. The schools around here have an approved list of treats you can bring. Nothing else will be allowed. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536/22 "2019-02-14T22:17:23Z")
In elemetary grades (I’m not sure what years exactly), there were various treat days when partents were asked to bring in treats. My Mom picked Valentine’s Day (because it was a realatively less stressfull time of teh year) and made cutout heart shaped cookies with frosting and classmate’s names on them. (we also did the card exchange – again I don’t rememeber when that stopped) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536/23 "2019-02-14T22:30:46Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > No candy at least from her everyone is getting a Disney princess tattoo. Okay class, everybody into the school bus—we’re going to the tattoo parlor! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536/24 "2019-02-14T23:25:01Z")
[Here is one school that has probably just had their last year of the tradition](https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/breaking-candy-sends-middle-school-students-hospitals/97v5TDErsebYzDEnVG2zTP/). So whaddya think–some kid got into their parent’s stash of “enhanced” treats? ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536/25 "2019-02-15T03:39:48Z")
My old school district still does it with kids up to 4th grade (I checked with a friend who works for the district). Once they get to middle school, the classroom valentines stop. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536/26 "2019-02-15T03:45:34Z")
They do here. When I was growing up, we stopped classroom valentines in upper elementary school, and just gave them personally to our friends beyond that age. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536/27 "2019-02-15T05:26:37Z")
wow my nephew came home with a haul of treats seems all the cards had treats attached suckers lix a stix ect gummy candy even the diabetic kid gave out doritos mini bags ……. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536.md?page=1)