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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the real issue is with adults posting party photos on social media. It leads to no good! People inevitably get hurt feelings. Share via text with the group invited, don't broadcast it![/quote]

I agree - I don’t do it. [/quote]

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Social media are terrible for creating feelings of exclusion. If you're going to use it as your bulletin board to show your family's fun times, at least learn to limit who sees what.

I wish we could put that genie back in its bottle but it's too late, unfortunately.

OP, you aren't responsible for inviting the friend's child to someone else's event. The nature of the party was part of the problem -- I think some people now are thinking of these "drive-by" or "parade" events as public and open to anyone; technically one could say they are, as they are on a public street that isn't owned by the so-called hosts. We'll see more of this kind of "private but not really private/in a space we can't personally control" parties happening, I think, and we'll see other conflicts over them.

The mom who feels left out is asking too much of you, but she also might feel overwhelmed by a kid who is (or whom she feels is) isolated more than other kids in the group. Yes, she needs to mellow out, but you could also just do something that involves her that YOU organize. Eventually maybe she'll get the message that you are happy to have her/her kid at (virtual/distanced) things you organize but you're not her one link to a larger group of parents she could contact herself. But I wouldn't ream her, or you, over this like some posters want to do. It's a time for some calm and compassion, not debates in all capital letters....[/quote]

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