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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I would be very interested in seeing the demographics of the responses here. In our cultural background, for the most part, teens would be expected to help out at a family event if asked. And it is not a gender thing, I have two teen boys and would be appalled if they said they didn't want to and were not going to help out at a cousin's party if asked (unless they had a specific conflict with something else special they had planned, then we'd be open to discussion).

I'm white and one of the people who thinks it's crazy to force the teen to attend. If OP had stated that it was a huge event, and they asked for family to help out, that would be one thing. If basically the entire family and all of the cousins would be there, that would also be one thing. To me, it sounded like a vanilla pre-K and neighborhood non-venue birthday party for the kid's friends. In this case, there's nothing for the teen to do and no point at all in going. OP stated in some other post that another teen cousin wouldn't be there, nor would OP's other teen.[/quote]

Ok, it may be a cultural difference then.  I'm not going to debate the rights and wrongs of it, because it is just a difference in approach and there's not necessarily one correct vs. wrong answer.[/quote]

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