Last week there was an article in the Herald and Review about how kid's birthday parties have gotten out of control. A woman in Minnesota has formed a group that advocates eliminating these kind of parties. Yesterday, a gentelman in our area wrote a letter to the editor agreeing with the article and saying "kids don't care about themes, etc." Well, he has never met my kids. They (especially) Parker LOVE their theme parties and I love putting them together. Now I realize that some people go completely overboard by doing things like hiring entertainment, extravagant goody bags, and so on, but I have a feeling that the Minnesota mom would not like my parties either. I have always told everyone that my kids parties may look expensive, but my only real investment is my time. It was worth every hour of my time to see the fun Parker and his friends had with the pirate ships I made. It is worth the $20.00 I spent on camo hats to see how much fun Parker and his friends had being "soldiers". And the time I am going to spend painting a cardboard box and turning into a castle will be sooooo worth it when Jack sees it for the first time. I don't understand how anyone can be angry about OTHER people having over-the-top birthday parties. If you don't like it, don't have one for your kid. If your kid get's upset, well, they will have to deal with it. My kids get upset all the time when they can't have things that I don't want them to have, but guess what, I deal with it and they are learning that they can't have everything they want. Let me give you an example: I do not allow my kids to play on the play area at the mall or McDonald's (unless we are with a group of kids who are allowed to play on them) but I don't plan on starting a group to protest mother's who do let their kids play on these things. (reasons to not like the play areas: 1. YUCKY! 2. too much time 3. too many mean kids 4. too many parents that don't pay attention to their mean kid who is harassing my kid)
So, the bottom line is: if you don't like fancy birthday parties, don't have one for your kid but don't make me and my kids feel bad because we LOVE them and plan on having them until the kids get sick of them. Up next--Jack's castle party!!!!!!!!!!!
2 comments:
I totally agree with you! I have just as much fun planning my kids parties than they have playing at them. Even as an adult I love to have "theme" parties. What fun is being a kid if you can't have a BIG celebration for your birthday. They grow up too fast not to celebrate their one special day. I can't imagine who would complain about something like this unless one parent "out-did" another parent who was trying to have the "ultimate" party. I focus more on what my child would enjoy and do NOT worry about who I will offend or impress.....and there is my opinion on this gripping matter. And just think one day our kids really will THANK us!
Well, I am an adult who is not in to theme parties at all...I refused to have any kind of games at my wedding or baby showers. However, I would gladly let Sara plan a birthday party for Tommy.
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