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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]She did. Would you have had her compound the situation by declining the invitation?

She elected a party theme that was expensive. $50 per kid. As a result, we limited her to five kids. So, it wasn't a case of excluding a single girl from a classroom. Given the subsequent invitation we told her we'd allow her to invite one more child (the other birthday girl) but she had her own reasons for not wanting to do that. Good ones, too, if you ask me.

It was just an unfortunate sequence of events. We allowed her to make her own decisions in this case. She ignored our council. Now she's having to navigate the social consequences. And the other girl is learning that others don't take kindly to talk about poop and farts, I guess. [/quote]

Count me among the posters who think you handled this terribly.  You say, "we allowed her to handle it herself" - but you knew what she was going to do, and despite your apparent prissy attitude, it's pretty mean to not invite someone to your party when she invites you to her own [b]ON THE SAME DAY[/b].  You allow kids to make their own decisions when they are the ones who can be affected by bad decisions - that's how they learn.  The only think your daughter learned is that you're OK with her being mean and making others feel bad.  Parenting fail.

By the way, my 7 yo girly girl thinks poop and fart jokes, talk, etc. are hilarious.  I don't agree, and I'm kinda pissed that my husband taught her the "pull my finger" joke, but sheesh - lighten up, Francis.  [/quote]

They weren't on the same day. I didn't say they were on the same day. They were on the same weekend.

I'm glad your daughter thinks this talk is hilarious, but does she talk about in incessantly? [/quote]

Why didn't you tell your daughter that because this girl's language bothers her so much that she should not attend the girl's bday party so she would not have to be subjected to her language?[/quote]

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