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[quote=Anonymous]I feel bad if my kid feels bad. Last year there were several kids who did smaller parties and she was not invited but the kids talked about them at school so she felt left out.

But if my kid doesn't care or is unaware, it doesn't matter to me -- I'm not dying to go to more kids birthday parties. Also, as they get older and we stop doing all class parties (Hallelujah!), you get into the issue of reciprocating invitations, and it's honestly easier if your kid is mostly just invited to parties for kids she's actually friends with instead of to every single party. Because then when it's your kid's turn, if you want to do a smaller party with just 5-6 kids but you've been invited to additional parties for kids your kid doesn't even know that well, then you wind up having to do a big party anyway so as not to seem like you're trying to exclude anyone.

I hate throwing large birthday parties for children, if you can't tell. I would be totally happy if kids just did parties at school with friends and then celebrated at home with family and maybe one or two very close friends. The thing where everyone is always invited to everything is hard on families, especially those of us with small homes and who are maybe not very extroverted.[/quote]

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