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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hear you OP. We’re dealing with a similar situation in my family. My DD’s friend had a sleep over and my DD wasn’t invited. She knows she can’t be invited to everything and while disappointed, she gets it. That said, the girl who had the sleep over made it a point of letting my DD know she had a party and my child wasn’t invited. She was rather obnoxiously about it. It was hurtful. Parents aren’t always aware of their kids behavior. Sometimes there is more to the story than “we can’t invite everyone”. [/quote]

Kids use these parties as weapons. They threaten to uninvite or not invite people all the time. They use this to their full advantage. Pretending this was all innocent is very naive.[/quote]

This is true, but also sometimes kids engage in this behavior without fully understanding the situation. So it's both innocent AND being used as a weapon. They just don't know. These kids are 6. They might say "Larlo isn't invited to my party because I don't like him" which is rude and hurtful, but also just a fact that kid doesn't know you aren't supposed to say. Learning these sorts of social rules is hard for kids and takes years. [/quote]

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