Christmas Gifts for Teen Girls – Yahoo! Answers
Advice & Answers to Questions, Usually from Teenagers & Random Kids
Nov 7, 2009
Wondering what to get a teenage child, or grandchild, for Christmas? Here’s a new way to get ideas. Try Yahoo! Answers. It's a website, used mostly by teens, to ask and answer questions.
Good Gift for a Teenager
The internet has a lot of interesting ways for people to get answers to questions. And, one that deserves more investigation and research is Yahoo! Answers.
Ask and Answer
What is Yahoo! Answers? It’s a website where a person can ask questions and quickly get several people's answers or opinions. It's like brainstorming. The answers on Yahoo! Answers are not monitored or verified, and the members (kids) vote on which answer is best. So, it's not the kind of place to get answers about the best brain surgeon in town.
It is a good website for asking someone's opinion, and usually the answer will come from a teenage boy or girl, though the website is not restricted just to teens. Adults answer questions as well. And, some answers are just plain silly or wrong.
Teenage Girl Gift
Yahoo! Answers is a good place to ask a question like:
- What is a nice present for a thirteen year old girl? (Click here to see what was written by teenage girls.)
- What is your favorite brand of sneakers?
- Where is a good place to get purse charms?
- Which is better – an iPod Nano or an iPod Classic?
This site is a good place to get ideas for presents, but every girl is different so do some research and double check with the girl's family or friends. The reason that this website may be better than other sites, where writers are paid to endorse products, is that the answers usually come from young adults or teenagers.
Gifts for Teen Girls
Parents and grandparents asking about gifts for teens will get some strange and irrelevant answers. But they will probably also get a few good ideas for gifts. Well, it's a good place to start.
Gift cards are ok, but it would be nice to get a child a little something else, too. (Make sure it's exchangeable.)
Get Answers
It's easy to go to Yahoo! Answers and ask teens about gift ideas for Christmas. Here are some examples which were recently seen on the site, though questions cover a wide range of topics:
- Which flat iron/straightener is best for thick black hair?
- A friend lost the only set of keys to her car and doesn’t have much money to call a locksmith? What can she do?
- What are some good stocking stuffers for Christmas? (They could be homemade or bought)?
Gift Ideas for Christmas
Anyone can sign up for free. The Yahoo! Answers website is easy and intuitive, so most grandparents and parents can figure it out. Just click around and ask or answer questions until the format makes sense. It's easy.
- Upon signup, a person gets 100 points.
- Each question that a person asks costs 5 points.
- Each answer earns 2 points
- People will run out of points if they don't answer questions.
There's a bit more to it, but it's super easy to do.
Ideas for Presents
There are strengths and weaknesses with going to the Yahoo! Answers website for questions about Christmas presents for teens.
Pros:
- The answers are usually (almost) instantaneous.
- Most of the users are probably teenagers.
- They’ll tell the truth as they see it, because they remain anonymous.
- The person answering the question is often giving a gut-level response, so when a teen says, “That gift is something a 15y/o will never use,” the answer will probably be correct.
- While it's nice to ask the grandchild (or child) herself, modern life doesn't always allow for this.
People get to ask or answer in any category, from "Beauty & Style" to "Politics & Government" and more.
Cons:
- It’s just an opinion, so do follow-up research.
- Some answers are unhelpful because there's no “penalty” for giving a dumb answer.
- It’s like brainstorming, where (usually) a teen is just giving the first answer that comes to mind.
- There's no way to know who's answering.
- Sometimes, no one answers.
Still, it costs nothing to ask a question. It’s worth a try. Keep the questions simple and someone is bound to give an answer.
Ask a Teenage Girl
This site is easy to use. Just click around until it makes sense. Follow the community guidelines. Keep the receipt for the gift. Lip gloss trends and shoe styles vary by region and by clique.
Read more articles about women's fashion.
Yahoo! Answers is one of the best places online to get ideas about gifts for teen girls. It's a nice way to quickly get advice and answers to questions. Just remember that the answers are not monitored.
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