Obligation to give something to friends' younger sibilings

[Anonymous]

My son (13) really wants to give out these special cupcakes on the day after the election to his friends (we are Dems and so are they, so fingers crossed). We would leave them, wrapped, outside his friends' doors. But, they aren't cheap. They are $6 a pop at our local bakery. Do we have any obligation to leave one for the friends' younger siblings? I could see how it might be tough for the parents, since some of the siblings are as young as 5, but I really don't want to incur the cost of additional cupcakes for siblings. My son really wants to give out these particular ones from this bakery, which are pretty cool, rather than just make random ones.

[Anonymous]

I think it's fine to do for his friends only.

[Anonymous]

Friends only. Boxed, so no one can see what's inside. Mark it clearly for the friend only. Hopefully they'll know not to open in front of siblings. THat might help.

[Anonymous]

I think it is fine to just do his friends. If you wanted to be really nice and go the extra mile you could get something like a tray of big cookies at the grocery store and give those to the younger siblings.

[Anonymous]

It’s fine to do just the friend.

[Anonymous]

The parents will be happy you don’t leave ones for the younger sibling. Halloween was last weekend. If it is anything like my house, the younger siblings have more candy than they can eat.

And please don’t assume every family wants a celebratory cupcake. I’m not a Trump supporter but emotions are high with this election. Know your audience well.

[Anonymous]

Only for friends.

[Anonymous]

Will these cupcakes still make sense if there is no definitive news or what you may consider bad news? Fine just for the friend. (See discussion about snacks at sports games)

[Anonymous]

I'm struggling to understand how a cupcake could cost $6.

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind that Stacey Abrams has warned we may not know who the next president will be by the morning after the election. She pointed out that since so many people are mailing in ballots they may not all be counted in time so there may be a delay.

[Anonymous]

1. We won't know the result then.

2. It's rude to send something to the house and have it just for one person. If you gave the cupcake at school it would be fine, but under the circumstances where you need to leave something on the porch, it's not.

So no.

[Anonymous]

Wow, your 13 year old is a Democrat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, your 13 year old is a Democrat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
1. We won't know the result then.

2. It's rude to send something to the house and have it just for one person. If you gave the cupcake at school it would be fine, but under the circumstances where you need to leave something on the porch, it's not.

So no.

+1. There is no mandate you buy one for siblings but put yourself in their shoes. Do you want to disappoint little kids stuck in quarantine?

[Anonymous]

16:40 again. I was thinking about this as I just saw my youngest eating too much candy again and changed my mind for other reasons. Don’t send the cupcake. I have a 13 yo son. He is very involved in politics but would be more likely to want to eat random sweets for the hell of it or send something he saw on tik tok/Snapchat/Instagram. He doesn’t need me going to a bakery to buy Biden cupcakes.

Maybe I’m also in a bad mood because although I don’t support Trump, I’m not that happy over Biden. I don’t think he’s a great choice. I am seeing my 13 yo fall into the media traps like many and repeat things he sees that may or may not be true. Personally, I’m pretty disgusted with the entire election.

If your son and his friends are actual Biden supporters for real reasons then go ahead, have a celebration after it is announced. Don’t leave cupcakes tomorrow morning when you don’t know the outcome.