Anonymous
10/05/2023 06:51
Subject: Thank you for broad birthday invites
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We did all girls last year for K, never again, 15 people with most parents dropping off is just too chaotic. This year younger DD invited her friends in K from the bus stop and one girl from church that is in another class. 7 girls total was a manageable number in our house.
What did you do as an activity? And was it indoors or out? We have only dropped off at 1 at home party and it looked hectic! But there were older siblings and looked like other family to help.
The first party was a spa party where they got their nails done. Second party we had Elsa come visit. Both were indoors only. The first party was chaos because it's impossible to corale that many kids, the second party was much better.
Anonymous
10/04/2023 21:43
Subject: Thank you for broad birthday invites
Anonymous wrote:Child of immigrants here whose parents had no know how or bandwidth to arrange playdates, growing up most of the times I was invited was when it was whole class. Grateful for those generous families who let me feel included! Also shoutout to the PTA moms who taught me how to roller skate at school events. There were some dud snobbish parents but I do appreciate all of ones who coached our teams and help run our clubs when my parents were just trying to figure out how to survive in America.
Also a child of immigrant parents. Other parents took me under their wing too, but they were my friends’ parents. One taught me how to use silverware. One spoke to teachers on my behalf when my non-English speaking parents couldn’t. One even threw me a sweet-sixteen party. I don’t see general class parents who didn’t help as duds or snobbish. They’re just people going about their lives.