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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with letting the child dictate the guest list. At this age, she should not be allowed to exclude kids. A 5-year-old may not have the capacity for empathy and may choose not to invite because of trivial reasons (talks with a lisp, colors poorly, etc.) When kids are older and develop deeper friendships, they start having smaller parties where the closest friends are invited. Until then, the entire class, or at least the same gender children, should be invited.[/quote]

What if you have 26 kids in your K class and your kid was at a different school the previous couple of years and has friends from that school? So the old friends get discarded? DD was able to invite half of her class this year. But she doesn't play with all the girls b/c she's sporty and likes Star Wars and doesn't do tea parties and some of the other things some of the girls do. So she was allowed to choose 13 kids combined from her class (and basketball team, which is made up of kids in the class), plus 5 friends from her previous school. She was thoughtful about her choice and in the end asked us for a 14th kid b/c it turned out, given the logistics, one boy at her table wouldn't have been invited and she didn't want him to be upset. [/quote]

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