Which might explain this seeming oddity.
As a GGMom, she had/has a couple kids, a few grandkids, and a mob of GGkids.
With the result she’s bought a lot more kid’s gifts over the years than she did stuff her own kids used and wrecked. And that “they’re gonna wreck 'em anyhow” experience was long long ago, while the “perfect gift for my angelic GGkid #12” experience is recent.