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Reply to "DD does not want to go to classmate's bday party because 'it looks lame'"
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[quote=Anonymous]My rule when my boys were this age was that if they were invited, they were going, unless we had a legit conflict. Both of them were and still are "cool kids" and were sometimes invited by kids who were not in their friend groups to do things that did not sound terribly appealing.They would protest sometimes by saying they weren't friends with the host or the party didn't sound fun, but I always appealed to their innate kindness: what if no one goes? And, you can do anything for an hour or two. Even as adults, while we have the right to pick and choose social activities, we all still have events occasionally that feel more like a social "obligation" and for whatever reason, we suck it up and go. Isn't this important for kids to learn? That sometimes we do things just to be kind, not because there is anything in it for us? My boys are 16 and 14 now, and one thing I hear about them over and over is how nice they are. [/quote]
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