Today, there was another article about a kid's birthday party where no one showed up
It seems like there's been a bunch of these stories. As a parent, it's quite heartbreaking to read these kinds of stories.
What really set me off, though was reading some of the comments (I know, I know; what did I expect reading the comments section?!) But it wasn't the mean spirited comments or trolls. It was comments like this one from a Christian:
I understand people are quite busy, and we as parents can't be expected to say yes to every single activity and invitation. But I think if a lot of us are honest, many of us are guilty of focusing too much on our own families and success and forgetting about sharing God's love with others.
Personally, I force my kids to go to parties. Sure there's other things that need to be done, like Taekwondo lessons and yard work, but isn't teaching our kids to be compassionate and sociable just as important?
What do other parents think?
It seems like there's been a bunch of these stories. As a parent, it's quite heartbreaking to read these kinds of stories.
What really set me off, though was reading some of the comments (I know, I know; what did I expect reading the comments section?!) But it wasn't the mean spirited comments or trolls. It was comments like this one from a Christian:
Don't discriminate but disagree 4 hours ago
To you parent out there, throwing these birthday parties for your kids. We have other things to do on our weekends. Our weekdays are already full with work, and taking kids to extracurricular activities. Often we usually have more than one kids. So on the weekends we are catching up on chores, or taking children to play on their sports team. Then Sunday Church. No one has this extra time to make your child the center of attention. Make it easy on yourself. Have your child invite 1-3 close friends, and take them all out to do something.
I understand people are quite busy, and we as parents can't be expected to say yes to every single activity and invitation. But I think if a lot of us are honest, many of us are guilty of focusing too much on our own families and success and forgetting about sharing God's love with others.
Personally, I force my kids to go to parties. Sure there's other things that need to be done, like Taekwondo lessons and yard work, but isn't teaching our kids to be compassionate and sociable just as important?
What do other parents think?