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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this is thrid grade.

Every parent that posted that this is childish is absurd.

Who cares? OP if your kid has friends that will be mean after a party they are not friends.

Parents who worry about this are the ones whose kids fail out of college. Ugh

Silly just silly.[/quote]

Don't be so obtuse. OP's kid will care a lot and feel bad if the other kids make fun of the Paw Patrol stuff. This is a birthday party, not a litmus test to see who his "real friends" are. And at that age, any kid (friend or not) is likely to call out the babyishness. Third graders are hyperaware of that. I think the OP is right to think about this and avoid setting him up to be blindsided by embarrassment at his own birthday party. There will be plenty of other opportunities to test this kid's resilience.

I think it's a good idea to talk to your kid to find out why he asked for Paw Patrol and what his commitment is to the theme - e.g., was he out of ideas and just suggested something he remembers fondly? Maybe he's tired of Minecraft and Pokemon parties and thought that Paw Patrol might be something different. Or maybe he's feeling nostalgic. Who knows. Maybe you can nudge him away from Paw Patrol with alternative ideas. And if it seems like he really just wants Paw Patrol, then you can prepare him for the possibility that some kids will have different opinions about it. [/quote]

+1 Not silly at all this is 3rd grade not K. I'm sure many boys wouldn't notice/care about the the theme, but some would think it is babyish as Paw Patrol is popular in preschool and K and most kids have outgrown it by 1st. That is the real world, just because you may have a kind empathetic child that wouldn't say anything doesn't mean that every boy in the class will be the same.[/quote]

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