At what age do kids stop having birthday parties?

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Anonymous wrote:So they don't want *any* kids to have parties because they don't want *their* kids to have a party? And they don't want their kids to feel left out by not having a party they don't want to give, so they're trying to make sure no one has parties?

Yes. -OP

NP. Wow, they are bold AF.

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We did our last big location bday parties at 10. And/but our kids had Bar/Bat Mitzvah's at 13, and those are huge. Other bdays (11, 12, 14, etc.), our kids have a few friends over for dinner, a movie, and a sleepover.

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Have a party with school friends. Don’t invite your sour grapes neighbors

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The older my kid gets, the smaller the party gets -- fewer kids, larger activity. If your kid wants a party, throw him one. So don't invite the entire neighborhood.

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I came here to post that kids only stop celebrating kid parties when they become an adult. So - 18? Then it is a birthday party. And yes, you can have as many people as you want.

I'm pretty sure any kid can google famous birthday parties of superstars and see that many people celebrate every year of life with others that share life with them.

Regulation on birthday celebration - just when I thought I had heard it all on DCUM, it reels me back in

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Anonymous wrote:Have a party with school friends. Don’t invite your sour grapes neighbors

School friends are neighbor friends. They all play in the neighborhood, attend school together and play on sports teams together. -OP

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Anonymous wrote:Those parents are a-holes. Have a party.

Kids in our neighborhood & school at 9-10 are still having small parties. By 11, it seems the parties dwindle to a friend or two sleeping over or laser tag + pizza with the birthday kid’s family.

This! What selfish jerks trying to steal kids birthday parties.

Op, throw your son the best bday ever!

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a friend’s 50th birthday party last year. She celebrates yearly. I stopped having them at 8 or 9. Both of us are normal. There isn’t an age you stop and it’s a personal choice.

I’m quoting myself and reread your post. It made me sad. Throw your son a huge party. Celebrating should be joyful and I’d invite as many kids as you allow. Would you consider a venue? Have it there, invite the class or whoever and don’t invite the family who openly is against parties. 8 is still so little.

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I agree 8 is so young! My oldest is 13 and still having parties and planning them months in advance. But at least they plan it all at that age!

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I actually think you should invite the neighborhood kids if your son wants to. I feel sorry for those kids. Don't you think they'd have a good time? And they can get away from their a-hole parents for a while.

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Omg that’s crazy, what kind of neighborhood is this?That’s obnoxious.

Have the party!! Invite the neighborhood kids AND his other friends. Just in case.

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My 5th grader still gets invited to parties as well as my 3rd grader. Guest lists seem to be getting smaller though.

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We are the polar opposite of these families. We do not do the parties when the kids are little because they hardly remember them, a lot of it is just for adults, little ones get easily overwhelmed, etc. It is a big deal in our family when the child gets to have their first “real” birthday party. For my daughter this summer turning 8, it will be her first one!

I really cannot stand when parents try to rush childhood. And now they are over it? No duh, Sherlocks. I could have told you that. Well, do not ruin it for the rest of us who exercised patience and now our children can still genuinely the true joy of childhood. Sorry YOU made foolish decisions early in so now you are exhausted and your kids are jaded.

And now they try to turn it around and get moralistic about it and impose it on others? That is rich, really rich.

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It is up to the kid. Some love them, some hate them others are okay with them.
I would go by what the kid feels like, it is their day after all.

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Anonymous wrote:We are the polar opposite of these families. We do not do the parties when the kids are little because they hardly remember them, a lot of it is just for adults, little ones get easily overwhelmed, etc. It is a big deal in our family when the child gets to have their first “real” birthday party. For my daughter this summer turning 8, it will be her first one!

I really cannot stand when parents try to rush childhood. And now they are over it? No duh, Sherlocks. I could have told you that. Well, do not ruin it for the rest of us who exercised patience and now our children can still genuinely the true joy of childhood. Sorry YOU made foolish decisions early in so now you are exhausted and your kids are jaded.

And now they try to turn it around and get moralistic about it and impose it on others? That is rich, really rich.

I like your post.