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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 2nd grade boy and Kindergarten girl this year. Last year when my son was in 1st grade, he was invited to 3 whole class bday parties and 4-5 other parties that were a smaller group of kids invited (like 5-6 kids from the class, but never all the boys in the class). Before that, there were no bday parties when he was in K due to the pandemic. The parties he was invited to in pre-k from his classmates were all whole class parties.

My daughter last year in pre-K also all the parties were for the whole class but this year in K she's been to 2 parties that were just a small group of friends so I think it just depends on the specific group of kids!

Personally, I haven't and wouldn't host a whole class party. My kids invite only their closest friends. I want to be inclusive and hate to leave kids out or make them sad but at the same time I just can't handle the stress of a whole class party and they're overwhelming and not fun for my kids (both of whom are more introverted type kids who don't like large groups) either so we don't do them. We just emphasize strongly to our kids not to talk about their bday party at school/around other kids...I'm sure sometimes they do--they're kids and kids talk. But we try to make sure they understand that someone may get hurt feelings if they hear it and I think my kids are sensitive enough to understand that for the most part.[/quote]

For your younger child in K, do you just ask her which 4-5 friends she wants to invite? For my kid I think that would change by the day or he would just randomly list some kids from the bus. Do you use whatever list she gives you?[/quote]

I almost posted here a few weeks ago with this question, because I didn't know how much to "trust" my DD's list given that it changed every day.  In the end, I went with all the girls in her class, plus one boy.  I'd have preferred a better mix of genders based on actual relationships but it was hard to get a solid answer from her so, I'll admit, I did this way because it was easiest and least likely to cause hurt feelings.[/quote]

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