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[quote=Anonymous]Also keep in mind that even if these people all like you and your DD, not everyone is thrilled to receive an invite for a kid’s birthday party if they don’t know the kid that well. Instead of feeling honored to be included, they may just feel obligated and awkward to attend a kid’s party where they might not know everyone.

Id think critically about whether you need to invite everyone you know with a kid in this age group. What we did for age 5 was invite the kids our DD referred to/thought of as friends. Which included three kids from preschool (class of 20), and about 5 families with close-in-age kids who she sees often enough to feel like they are friends. Some of the families have two kids, so altogether it was 10 kids plus their grownups. Still a “big” party fir a young kid, I feel, but I also feel confident that the families were all excited to come and not doing do out of obligation. I do always stress a bit about excluding a kid from class, but at 5 they are still young enough that this isn’t a huge deal. All the kids in class have buddies who they might to play dates with outside of school.I just don’t think inviting the whole class is necessary or even welcome.[/quote]

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