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[quote=Anonymous]It's a lot of things.  It can be a distance issue, or a lack of transportation.  Many have single parents and it just isn't possible to do as many social events as a single parent.   Or some parents work on the weekend so someone else is watching the kids.  And of course sometimes there is an issue of not speaking English.  Sometimes there is a social norm of whole-family socializing rather than kid-only.  It can help if you make it clear that parents and siblings are welcome to come and stay the whole time.  Also, and this is by no means limited to low-income people, but if you aren't a churchgoer you may not realize how much weekend time is taken up by church stuff for some people.

I have found it helps to 1) invite the whole class 2) Have the party on the neighborhood playground rather than far away 3) Don't do a party that costs money, even if you're paying for everyone and 4) Include a Spanish translation of the invitation.  You can ask the teacher if that would be helpful[/quote]

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