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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Are birthday parties (at a house, or birthday event place) a standard thing over there, though?
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Yes & no.
The school catchment area is mostly affluent (meaning stay-at-home Mums, foreigbn holidays, a two car household, Dads who work "away" some of the time).
One girl in my class would never bring in home-baked treats as she barely sees either parent in the week - both work in London and commute. But she has a big birthday party every year, 40 children.
Others work but their child-minders hand over at 18.30 and they will do the chocolate thing and maybe have a party for 15 "best" friends.
Some don't work, volunteer at the school, know all the other parents and have a house party, or a themed party (riding, swimming, farm etc) for 5-10.
So it varies. Choc (sweets) seems to be the way of including all the childer without having to have a party for absolutely everyone they know. Especially as we have mixed age group classes.
NB - Tiger went to a party in the spring this year. He had a hotdog, because he has hotdogs at the school CineNights. It was the wrong type of hotdog. He was so distressed Mum took him home (oh you can bet she goes to every party). K, who lives in the house behind and is a good boy but can sometimes tease Tiger, had his arms around him saying, "It's okay. If you don't like it you don't have to eat it."