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Planning abirthdayparty can be equally exciting and nerve-racking.
First, we wanted to know whats happened since the party.
Id say about 40% of people realized what happened was wrong.
No one offered to pay the extra fees.
Im willing to eat the bullet on it.
Thankfully, it sounds like their son is doing okay.
He was really happy he got some good presents, so thats held him over, the parent shared.
He still says he doesnt want a party again.
We havent done anything special because of work and things.
Were gonna take him out to the park today and play some pickleball.
Im really shocked by how these adults acted.
It feels like a bad prank, they shared.
It is a very small school.
It is very isolated.
They have also yet to receive any invitations to other birthday parties in town.
We only have work friends.
He just went to a restaurant for the first time this year.
and decided they could treat us however they wanted.
We dont feel welcomed, and I think that they wanted to make this clear.
However, this level of acting out is highly unusual.
In any case, this is really a parenting issue.
Kids learn to make good choices by experiencing natural consequences for their actions.
The rule is: to stay at a birthday party we act with kindness.
If they are unable to do that or choose not to do that, its time to leave.
Whats most important here is to help the child make sense of what happened, the expert says.
It is the parents responsibility to protect their children, she shared.
They should have insisted families whose kids were acting unkindly leave.
As for repairing the situation, she suggests they have a redo.
Be sure its containable and that they can provide the necessary supervision to keep things under control.
Finally, the expert added that this scenario is highly unusual.
There were so many systemic problems that led to this, Claire shared.
Dont distribute invites at school where you have to invite everyone, she suggests.
Do it privately and keep it small, especially for kids who are more sensitive and get overwhelmed easily.
Think about what it is that they would enjoy, which might mean even just 2 or 3 kids.
Set and enforce clear boundaries.
or something like that) to keep all party info and invites in one place, Fiona suggests.
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We also asked what guests should know before attending a childs birthday party.
A thank you is always appreciated!
So what are parents to do if children are acting inappropriately at their childs party?
If you could RSVP to let me know if your child can make it that would be great!
Keep it polite, but make the boundary.
So leave the drama at home!
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Have you ever thrown or attended a birthday party where guests behaved like this?
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