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[quote=Anonymous]My son wanted to leave out a boy who he claimed had tortured him in kindergarten and that year, when it came time for his 1st grade birthday party.  We had a party at home; I insisted all the boys be invited including the wild boy.  All the parents stayed except DS's best friend's parents and this wild boy's.  WB constantly leaned in to other people and screamed in their faces, including to my three year old daughter. He broke a vase. He broke one of DH's guitars that was hanging on the wall in a room where the door was closed. He didn't just break the guitar string, but the whole guitar. He went into our daughter's bedroom even though all bedroom doors were closed (the party was outside). He went into the kitchen and looked for snacks. He took another kid's hamburger out of that kid's hand and ate it. He pushed a kid and DH had to lunge to catch that kid so he didn't fall into the BBQ which was on.  He sang a dirty word during the happy birthday song, and then smeared DS's name in icing with his finger. He smeared food (ketchup, drinks, cake) on our furniture in the living room. At one point my FIL found him with a lighter and took it away. The lighter was on a shelf so high up I need to stand on a chair to reach it.

In second grade DS begged to not invite him. Maybe he's matured. Maybe he's learned. We should give him a second chance. So even though DS wanted a party at home, we had the party at an event place to preserve our home. Again, the Wild Boy's parents dropped him off. I was able to catch the mom and asked her to stay. She said she was going to Starbucks to relax. Once again this boy wouldn't follow directions, ruined things, hurt other kids, opened DS's gifts, and all together was a disaster.  After the party we promise DS never again. We tried. It just wasn't fair to him on what was supposed to be his special day.

I wish this boy could be included. But when he makes things miserable for everyone else, he just can't be. [/quote]

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