The other child is a neighbor who has behavioral issues, yet their parents really "put on a production" including a stretch limo and a trip to a concert. When our own daughter's 9th birthday party shortly came around, she just wanted a small group (5) of friends from her school that she picked herself. Things were going great until the other child's mother confronted our child's party and asked them to "go inside" due to the pyschologocial torment that could be caused to her little miscreant. She went on to rail at our 9-year old daughter about how disappointed she was in her mother (my wife) who had "excluded" her daughter. Her daughter can really be quite difficult -- mean, actually. Looking back, we probably should have graciously declined the other's invite, but our daughter is very social, and it was hard to say "no." It seems to me that the neighbor Mom's protective instincts for her daughter cause her to ignore bad behavior and punish us all. Where did we go wrong?
2006-11-25
09:25:20
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