Real Moms, Real Solutions: To Attend or Not Attend? The Dilemma of Children’s Birthday Parties

Should You RSVP Yay or Nay to All Those Children’s Birthdays?! My son came home from school this week with the class news. At the bottom, there was a list of birthdays for September. There are 16 children in his preschool class and 3 children have birthdays in September. All I could think of were dollar signs! It’s only natural for parents to want to celebrate their child’s birthday with a party. However, that is when I start to feel the pressure of attending these events with my children. In addition to thinking of these as joyous occasions, I also picture the cost...

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