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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Maybe how you are looking at it is an issue.  These are kids and should be viewed upon negatively as you are making it.  Why not get the less popular kids together and help them form their own friendships?  Or, can your kids only be friends with the cool kids with the cool moms?[/quote]

I'm not sure how you go to calling me overinvolved to questioning why I don't want to help my kid make friends. You're accusing me of being both overinvolved and disengaged at the same time. Simply put, my child has the tools to make friends and does. If she's not friends with a kid, that's her choice and there's a reason. I don't care if she is friends with the cool kids or the not cool kids but I do care that those friendships are HERS, not ones I engineered or forced or bought. [/quote]

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