My son turns nine quite soon, and he desperately wants to celebrate his birthday with some kind of party, but I don't know what the 'right' kind of party is these days. I have always had whole class parties, usually at home, usually with an entertainer of some kind, but suspect this might now be seen as naff or babyish? A bit of background, my son is mildly autistic/Aspergers so is a bit eccentric, a bit away with the fairies sometimes, slighly young for his years, and doesn't do football/sports. His teachers tell me he is popular with his classmates, but sadly, he never gets invited to any birthdays any more, even the bigger events thrown his particular friends, which is upsetting (especially when he sees the other kids trooping off together, or invitations being passed around in school or the playground), but also means I don't know what other parents are doing. ie how many kids you tend to invite and what you do. So I'd really appreciate any suggestions and ideas. I'd like him to have a cool sort of celebration that he enjoys and that other children will want to come to. He likes the company of girls and boys, loves food, films, magic, animals,lots of different stuff. Happy to throw a bit of money at the problem.
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If you have a boy between eight and ten, what kind of parties are you throwing and going to atm please?
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ColdComfortFarm · 03/09/2010 13:33
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