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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I was trying to advocate for my kid. She spent the afternoon alone crying while three friends were off having fun; how is that in any way fair? I am on the fence with how to respond to this girl's mother. She just responded with a "heart" emoji on my text and said, "I'm sorry she felt left out. Three kids is my max for playdate supervision. Hope we can see you soon." Not even an invite or any kind of ownership of the behavior.
Maybe I am being insecure or irrational but seeing your kid in tears, left out, visibly, hurts.[/quote]

I don’t understand why you keep saying you were advocating for your child. Your child wasn’t invited to something, which is going to happen a lot during her youth. You would have better served your daughter by explaining that everyone can’t be invited to everything. When Larla wasn’t available why didn’t you suggest inviting Susie rather than let her wallow in pity and making her feel like someone did something wrong to her.

Also, when you saw her friend leaving with another friend, why would your daughter have gone up and invited her over? It was clear that she had plans so all you did was make an awkward situation more awkward.

The other girl was invited by someone and accepted the invitation. There is nothing wrong with that. Texting the friend’s mother puts her in a really awkward situation and her response was totally fair and appropriate.[/quote]

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