Re: Bday Party


"lisabell" <lisabell_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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dragonlady wrote:

It's a good rule of thumb for everything EXCEPT family parties,
where
you just have to invite the family -- no matter HOW big it is.

However, I found it a good way to decide how big to allow the kids'
parties for their friends to get. Four three year olds (the
birthday
kid and 3 friends) makes a decdent size party -- or nine 8-yos,
etc.

I guess it also depends what is customary where you live. Over here
you
are expected to invite the whole class to a party, from preschool up
through about 3rd grade at least,and we were specifically asked by
preschool and 1st grade teachers not to have parties which include
some
of the kids and leave others out.

When I hear from my niece in England about how girls come in to
school
with party invitations which they ceremoniously hand out to only
their
select group of friends (aka the popular crowd), it seems awfully
rude
to me.

The policy here, in both the pre-school and grade school, is that if
you are going to bring the invitations into the class, you must have
one for everyone. However, you are definitely not required to invite
the whole class! I can't really see how they could force someone to
have a big party like that if they didn't want to, or didn't think
they could afford it. They just ask that if you are not inviting the
whole class, you send the invitations through the mail instead of
handing them out in front of the other kids.

Bizby


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