Its my daughter's 16th birthday next week. Need gift suggestions.... [View all]
She's a wild one and its been a rough couple of years. I don't usually go with very extravagant gifts at our house. That said, she's been clean and sober for 10 months now (finished rehab in December just before Christmas).
She's already getting our old Honda to drive (1999, 250k miles) until it drops. But that's actually more beneficial to me since I won't have to drive her everywhere.
She wants two or three more ear piercings. I was thinking of telling my mom to get her a gift card to Claire's. She's not trustworthy enough yet to receive cash imho 
Another thing she loves is music. She listens to her Ipod all the time. I was thinking of one of those Ipod docking stations but again, I'm not the extravagant type so I was thinking of this one which looked pretty cool:
http://www.amazon.com/Coby-CSMP175-Vitruvian-Speaker-System/dp/B003AIL2EM
Her older sister's getting her a charm bracelet with a charm for each theater production she's been in (great idea that she can keep forever, and add onto) so now I'm doubting myself on getting her the docking station.
Should I be thinking of something more "momentous"? I have no idea what my husband's going to get her - we usually come up with our own ideas but I'm open to more expensive gift ideas that could be from both of us. I'm pretty sure I could knock her socks off with concert tix but I'm worried about her in that kind of heavy pressure party scene (I'm ashamed to admit, I just can't read her on how firm she is in her sobriety).
The lounge usually has such terrific suggestions I thought I'd throw this out there and see if anything sounds good. I think the only thing that I would veer away from would be clothes since at 16 years old, girls have their own very DEFINITE tastes.
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