"Before kids, birthday parties were all about cake, music, and general merriment. After kids, it's about cake, music, and the ever-complicated dynamics of kid friendships and invitation discourse. Who do you invite? Who gets left out? Do you skip the whole party thing and do a "Yes Day" or a trip? There are so many things to consider when it comes to throwing a kid's birthday party, so what do you do when you're also in the midst of a complicated situation as a potential guest?"
"She says that the fifth grader has been very disruptive in class and has had an instance of stealing other kids' food at lunch, including her daughter's. This child also struggles with giving kids personal space. "My daughter is overall not the biggest fan of her," she wrote before speculating that this child might be on the autistic spectrum. "This leads to the main issue. Emilia sent out invites for her birthday, and my daughter doesn't wish to go."
"So, now that it seems no one will be going to the girl's party, she's feeling guilty and wondering if she should make her daughter go. She's torn between knowing that her daughter is old enough to make her own choice about going and feeling bad about no one going to this girl's party. She's wondering if she's in the wrong for not making her daughter go."
A new fifth-grade student has been disruptive in class, taken other children's food at lunch, and invades personal space; the girl may be on the autism spectrum. The ten-year-old daughter does not want to attend that classmate's birthday. Several of the daughter's classmates' parents also will not send their children. The mother is torn between respecting her daughter's choice and feeling guilty that no one will attend the birthday. The mother considers whether to require attendance, skip forcing her child, or find alternative solutions. She sought outside opinions and received a range of advice.
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