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[quote=Anonymous]This is just how friendships are - both as teens and adults. You don't get invited to every event every time. It is perfectly fine for kids to just get together with one friend or a couple friends or a small group. The idea that you can only socialize if you invite every friend you have is ridiculous. It doesn't make someone a bad friend for not inviting all friends. And as the parent, I often say - you can invite 1 friend or 2 friends etc.

Trick or treating is a pretty local, neighborhood type activity. I wouldn't think to invite kids from another neighborhood as I would assume they were trick or treating in their own neighborhood. Also cars only have x number of seats so that is a consideration in what we are doing. I also don't want to turn some small thing into a major organizational / planning required event with a caravan of cars and needing to have a dozen kids meet up. Also some parents are more relaxing and fun to hang out with if it is something where other parents are involved too.

My kids learn they aren't going to be invited to everything either. That is life and it isn't a bad thing. If my kid ever got upset that they weren't invited - I would be pretty upset. What kind of ego do you have to think that every friend's world has to revolve around and include you. It is not exclusion to not have every friend invited to everything you do. It doesn't mean you aren't friends or aren't good friends - it is actually how healthy friendships work. [/quote]

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