Invitations

Crystalina wrote: Does your child's school allow them? Izabella's school does not. They say it's because it leaves other kids out and feelings get hurt. These kids are swapping invitations on the playground like narcotics. Izabella brought V-day party invitation home and it was all crumbled. I asked why and she said because her friend Brooklyn had it down her pants ( ) so the teacher wouldn't see and gave it to her there. They only see each other in passing because they are in different classes this year.
Even in 1st grade they are trying to beat the system.

I just thought it was a bit odd and wasn't sure if a lot of schools were doing this or not.

mckayleesmom replied: That is so funny. School rules are starting to get rediculous.

booey2 replied: I think in the boys school in the younger grades they hand all the invites to the teacher and she finds a quiet appropriate time to hand them out especially if not everyone in the class is getting one. This happens a lot right now as Thomas is in a split 1-2 class so not everyone is invited to all the parties. Not sure about Matt's grade 4 class, but I think by that age the kids just hand em out. I should ask him tonight. LOL

Too funny and sad that she had to hide the invite. But good thinking on her part.

MoonMama replied: We never had that rule, but OMGosh your kids are too funny! Go Evan!

luvmykids replied: They're only allowed to hand them out at school if they are inviting the entire class, or all the girls, or all the boys. If they're just inviting a few kids from the class they have to do it outside of school.

grandma replied: Some of this new rule crap drives me carzy. We had to suffer not getting invited to everything, we managed to not make the basketball team and guess what? We lived!!!

sparkys2boys replied: Logan's school has a no invitation at all policy. They must do it off school grounds.. so stupid IMO.

Calimama replied: They had that policy when I was in elementary school. You either bring an invite for EVERYONE in the class or you don't bring one. So we just exchanged during recess.

mom21kid2dogs replied: They are allowed to give out invitations at school ONLY if the entire class recieves one. Otherwise, they advise parents to mail them. olivia is in a combined 1 & 2 so we mailed hers as we only invited the 1st graders.

Crystalina replied: I think it's a bit silly the way kids are coddled nowadays. I would never want my DD to hurt another child's feelings but at the same time kids have to learn to be let down once in awhile. My child as well as the next. If she's not invited then she's not invited and she has to deal with that. I just don't get how this helps kids turn into adults really. I look at my generation and most have families and jobs and then I look at my little brothers age group (20something) and they are slackers and think everyone owes them something. They started all that coddling nonesense when he was in grade school.

I'm not sure where it's coming from really but it's ridiculous.


Sorry.


***Let me save my butt here because I know this board is full of 20somethings but I'm speaking of the ones *I* know IRL. The ones who were pampered well into HS are now pampering their babies while still living with their parents.

luvbug00 replied:

that is me you are refering to there..( not counting the 2 years i lived with mya's dad and one i lived with Lars.)

I agree though that it is a rediculas rule. not everyone is invited to every board meeting or invited to every conferance. it's a stuiped rule.

Crystalina replied:
I hope I didn't offend you Nadia!

Everyone has their own circumstances but the particulars I'm talking about are the ones that have no ambition in life. The ones that are "ok" with the fact they do not contribute to society in any other way but to bring children into the world for their parents to support. The ones that will not change and will raise their kids to be the same way.

I guess I can't totally blame the fact on no invitations in school can I? It's just the way kids are so put in a bubble so their feelings don't get hurt (and in my eyes so LIFE doesn't affect them ).

luvbug00 replied: Oh I was just teasing you
I did live with my parents and "feed" off of them for a bit though as i was a stay at home mom for a year and 1/2 till i was ready to go back to school. I do compleately agree with what you are saying as i have seen parents my age suck the money out of their parents and their kids are brats! I made sure to show mya the value of kindness and that money doesn't grow on trees. ( then again i may have gone overboard because mya is super cheap! )

grandma replied:
I couldn't agree more!