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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]If it's a mom specifically inviting only the 3-4 kids who were not invited to another party it is by definition a pity party. I truly would probably not even share the invitation with my kid and would just decline on her behalf. If the kids are in her class she will either make friends with them organically or not. I'm not throwing them together and forcing them to be friends because they were left out by another girl. I don't like the message nor the precedent. [/quote]

You seem rather overinvolved in your child's social life.  If my child were invited, I'd ask if he wanted to go.  He'd respond based on whether he was interested in hanging out with those kids.  We would move forward accordingly and live our lives. [/quote]

No it's the opposite... I'm uninvolved to the point I would never consider engineering a pity party to make up for missing someone else's. I'm not suggesting a "leftovers" party because she didn't get an invitation to something else... That's crazy. And overinvolved to a really unhealthy extent. [/quote]

I agree... I don't want to manage who my kids are friends with, but I would actively discourage making friends (with anyone) for the wrong reasons. And bonding over pity or spite are the wrong reasons. If the party had absolutely nothing to do with the guest list for the other party -- fine. If, however, the entire point was to invite those who didn't "get to" go to the other kid's party... why would anyone want to be involved in that? The final decision to go or not would still be my kid's though.[/quote]

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