Would you agree?
This time of year can be expensive with parents often spending hundreds per child to make sure that Christmas day is perfect.
A recent survey found that on average parents spend €307 on their child’s gifts.
The research into festive spending undertaken by Kantar1 on behalf of eBay found that parents in Ireland will spend an average of €307 on their children this Christmas.
Cross processed image with shallow depth of field; Shutterstock ID 495476170; Purchase Order: –The findings suggest that parents in the North of Ireland spend the most on their children (€457), while parents in the West tend to spend the least (€234).
In Dublin, parents spend an average of €305 on their children.
The research also broached the topic of gender-specific gifts which was a divisive one for parents.
In Dublin, parents spend an average of €305 on their children at Christmas.50 per cent of parents agreed that they would be more likely to buy a gender-stereotyped toy for their children while 37 per cent of people who don’t have children believed they would buy gender-specific gifts for kids.
Buying gendered toys for little ones was more common amongst men than women.
