Do most of HS seniors have Gradation party?

[Anonymous]

My HS senior is invited to her friend’s graduation party next week.

I feel guilty that we’re not planning a graduation party for her.

Is everyone having HS graduation party for their kid?
Is it also common not having one? I didn’t grow up in this country myself.

[Anonymous]

We have done family ones.

The reasoning: If every kid had a graduation party with friends, they would be attending parties nonstop for weeks.

[Anonymous]

Don’t feel bad.

We are just taking my son to his favorite steak restaurant after graduation ceremony with immediate family, grandma and aunt/uncle cousin that are in the area.

My son has been invited to like 6 grad parties—but he’s very excited about the restaurant.

HS grad parties weren’t a thing when I was growing up —more a family celebration.

I have offered to have one later this summer with his friends I’d he wants- but we have vacations and he has a lot of things going on.

[Anonymous]

I’d guesstimate that about a quarter to a third of my dc’s friends are having parties.

[Anonymous]

We did a family lunch for both kids with grandparents and a few aunts/uncles. Both kids went to a handful of grad parties but most of their friends didn't have them.

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot for the reply.
We’ll take her out to her favorite restaurant for a family celebration!

[Anonymous]

We are having one, mainly because all our family is traveling from out of town for the graduation (an excuse to get together really - we expected our kid to graduate high school). We're doing a continental "brunch" with bagels, pastries, fruit, juice, coffee in the backyard. Not fancy and not expecting gifts. Maybe a third or half of the kids in our town are having them and there is no judgment either way.

[Anonymous]

We had one, most of my kids friends had one. We had a 150 people and it was an 8 hour rager, good fun. We're doing destination with family and friends in Bermuda for undergrad, we'll do another big one when they graduate med school. Have the party.

[Anonymous]

Nope. We’ll have lunch at our house after graduation for family members attending the ceremony. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

Depends on what you are asking.

Do most HS Seniors have some event to celebrate graduation? Yes
Do most HS Seniors (parents) host a large event with fellow students invited? No

Some do, which is nice. But if every graduating student hosted a large party it would become tedious and unmanageable.
A dinner out, or in, with family, is nice and common.

[Anonymous]

We offered our son the option, and he decided against it. We'll do a nice dinner to celebrate, and later this summer when our extended family is at my dad's beach house, I'll get a cake one night.

[Anonymous]

We had a family dinner and cake to celebrate, and saved any graduation party money for college tuition.

[Anonymous]

I’m sure they don’t all have graduation parties, but my high school junior has 11 graduation party invites for next weekend. So many students do have parties.

[Anonymous]

We held a backyard drop in party for each of our kids (family and friends), and they attended many of the same. I don't know of any families that did nothing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t feel bad.

We are just taking my son to his favorite steak restaurant after graduation ceremony with immediate family, grandma and aunt/uncle cousin that are in the area.

My son has been invited to like 6 grad parties—but he’s very excited about the restaurant.

HS grad parties weren’t a thing when I was growing up —more a family celebration.

I have offered to have one later this summer with his friends I’d he wants- but we have vacations and he has a lot of things going on.

This^^. We always do a nice restaurant dinner after graduation with family members, but have never hosted a graduation party for any of our kids. They usually wind up going to several of their friends parties, but most people don’t have them.