Dear Mumsnet readers,
A few weeks ago my wife and I placed a question on Mumsnet to gage the opinions of the readers, to see if we should invite a 'hissing', mean, and ill-mannered little girl to our daughter's birthday party. We didn't want to invite the little girl, but the tradition at her school was as such that all the classmates are usually invited to bithday parties- a standard all or nothing rule. We questioned this, and so did the Mumsnetters.
The members gave us a tremendous responce, and we thank them. The overwhelming responce was to only invite a few friends, rather than the whole class, which us what we have done.
Now, I thought the readers/ posters, might like to know that this HAS been the best advice! The 'hissing' little girl has announced that she wouldn't go even if she was invited, and most of the rest of the classmates that have been invited have been very happy and excited about the party. Not all the children invited have been ill-mannered or jealous, just the child we were most concerned about. Now we know that following your advice regarding the happiness of our daughter, breaking tradition by having a smaller party, and remaining kind and polite to all the other classmates has been the best decision.
Thank you for your brilliant comments!
If you have any other birthday party advice, please do let us know.
Best wishes,
TigerDad