Anonymous wrote:Where do you live that the average party is $800?
Anonymous wrote:As a parent, I also give gifts.
Anonymous wrote:If parents pay for a kid's birthday party (average costs $600 to $1000 in our area), do parents still get birthday gifts for the birthday kid or call the party as a gift? The birthday kid will receive a lot of gifts. Those gifts may or may not be the ones that birthday kid wants but that is how it is and he/she needs to learn to appreciate it. We don't do gift registry because it is tacky. Parents will still take the birthday kid to eat out plus have another birthday cake at home on actual birthday.
Anonymous wrote:If parents pay for a kid's birthday party (average costs $600 to $1000 in our area), do parents still get birthday gifts for the birthday kid or call the party as a gift? The birthday kid will receive a lot of gifts. Those gifts may or may not be the ones that birthday kid wants but that is how it is and he/she needs to learn to appreciate it. We don't do gift registry because it is tacky. Parents will still take the birthday kid to eat out plus have another birthday cake at home on actual birthday.