Category Archives: Birthday party politics

Exclusion from Parties

By Jodi Cohen | Published: December 8, 2010
Tis the season for birthday parties and holiday parties which means your child may feel excluded from some social gatherings. This one seems to be a very tough one for us momma bears. We hate to see our child hurt and we struggle intensely with how to fix it. Should we call the other parent? [...]
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Do you need to invite everyone to the birthday party?

By Jodi Cohen | Published: January 20, 2010
  The preschool that my daughter attended for three years had a rule that if you invited any kids from the class, you need to invite the entire class.  So from age two on, her birthday parties accommodated 20+ kids.  Still, the policy seemed reasonable so I never thought to question it.  Until we switched [...]
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Excluding Kids from Birthday Parties

By Jodi Cohen | Published: November 3, 2009
Stephanie and her three year old son Jack were heading to a local park when they walked by a house where a group of Jack’s friends from his preschool were gathered holding presents. Jack was excited to see his friends and ran over to say hello. “Are you going to Zacks’ party?” one of them [...]
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