Hello!
How would you describe the social appropriatednes nuances of how much gifting to other ppls' kids in okay without it getting awkward?
For example, I'm babysitting someone's kids (I don't know them outside of the babysitting, since they're from another city) for free while the parent is taking a course in my church. I've already gotten one kid a gift for their birthday, which fell on a babysitting evening (about 3-4€ value) and both kids a gift (about 4€ per child) on a niche Holiday (I was going to babysit them on that holiday. That babysitting session got cancelled, but I still gave the gift the next time). And I'm considering giving a small something (probs small homemade board games, one per child, that they've shown a liking in. Or like not-too-expensive book.) when we have our last session. In total, it'll have been about 2 months of montly babysitting. Would this be too much? Would it make things awkward in some way?
But general principles that are not specific to this situation would also be appreciated, since this is not the only situation where I've been unsure of this.