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[quote=Anonymous]My 1st grader has not been invited to a birthday party yet this year, though I know there have been 5 or 6 kids who have had birthdays (the teacher sends out photos of the b day kid). I have no idea if the kids have had parties with friends so I'm wondering if it's pretty typical for parties to either be smaller in 1st (so only select kids) or just family parties?  Have your first graders gone to birthday parties yet this year?  We are new to the school so I'm unsure of the culture around parties.  My kid seems to get along well with her classmates--lots of kids say "hello" to her at drop off, but she reports that all of the kids have a best friend besides her.  For example, she says thinks like "Larla played with me at recess today because her best friend, Lisa, was out sick" or "Larlo chose me for his team today.  He usually choose Largo, but Largo wasn't there."  She doesn't seem upset about this--she just sort of reports that she doesn't have close friends but that she likes school.

Anyway, I'm just trying to get a sense of the social norms and whether I need to do more to support friendships.  We work fulltime, so we don't do a ton of afterschool playdates.  Maybe I need to figure out how to plan them (though my kid says she doesn't want them).

Thoughts?[/quote]

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