Re: RSVP (and pinatas)

In article <ehrebeniuk-79E2AA.20385008052008@news>, Chookie says...

In article <fvskgd01t4q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Banty <Banty_member@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Of course, the sticky wicket is the real friends little kids make, that they
only know from school. And only know by first name. The birthday kids
should
be approaching their friends for phone numbers, and write them down. Which
goes
along the line of - - what grown people do!(duh) And which would lead to
smaller parties and parents that have actually talked with each other on the
phone to get addresses. Well - horray.

LOL -- just try this with 6yos! One of DS1's friends is 7 and probably still
can't tell his address, let alone his phone number. Fortunately, I have
actually met his Mum -- but it can get a bit tricky when you work!


Isn't knowing one's phone number and address one of those kindergarten skills?
So that a kid can call home or tell the police where he lives? I think it's
even on the local list of Kinder skills, like writing one's own name.

By first grade, they write (not having the optimum lineup for a birthday party
in one single year of kindy 'cause they can't write down the number doesn't
strike me as a great tragic loss). Exchanging numbers is a basic social skill.
6 or 7 is the time to learn. We've gotten waaaay far away from that stuff,
instead getting entrained into all these expectations and habits that have built
up which don't necessarily have to do with what *works* for people.

Banty

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