Registry for kids birthday party?

elliemom

Cathlete
This is the second invitation this week that I recieved for 7 year old b-day parties in my son's class that included their link to ToysR Us wish list!!! I went to the site and it's exactly like a wedding or baby registry. What's up with that???? You see what the child wants and purchase it and it takes it off the registry!!! Aren't we getting a little out of hand here???

I usually ask the parent when I RSVP what type of things the child likes and go from there. I include the receipt in case they need to return it. If it's a child that I know well and I know they LOVE Chuck E Cheese etc, I get them coins for there. Or a big Star Wars fan, I'll get a star wars puzzle or sticker book. etc.

I just can't bring myself to buy a b-day present from a kids web page wish list. Anyone else have a problem with this whole idea?????

ellie
 
Ugh. I agree. Kids' birthday parties are getting kinda out of hand.

We went to an over-the-top princess party this weekend. There were two women hired to run the whole thing. They brought dresses, hats, feather boas, makeup, perfume, gloves, the whole bit. The girls dressed up, and although they did have capes and top hats for the boys to wear, only one boy participated. Then there was a tea party with real china, cloth napkins, and the guest of honor, Mary Poppins. The dads in attendance had the "deer in the headlights" look the whole time, as did most of the boys.

Afterwards I asked my daughter what her favorite part of the party was, and she said it was playing on the swingset in the backyard (after she changed back into her own clothes). So there you go.
 
That is awful!

OMG, some kids can't afford to bring a gift!!!
Want to mess with people.....tell them no gift is required.
I threw a party "no gift please" (for my mother), and everyone was all up in arms. What's really bad, many did not honor the request and made the people who didn't bring a gift feel like a cheapskate.
 
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I am always very put-off by things like that. Call me old-fashioned, but I think children are becoming more and more overly-indulged every year. With my daughter's agreement, when she had her 6-year-old party in September, she just asked her guests to bring humane society donations to her party, and we went to the shelter together to donate the items we received. I would have been fine if she said "no" to my suggestion about donations in lieu of presents, but I sure was glad that she agreed to it. The last thing she needs is more toys, never mind a "gift registry"! Uuuggghh!

Have a great night everyone!

Deborah
 
I was in Toys R Us a few weeks ago and saw a kid filling out his card for his registry. I couldn't believe it either. Unbelievable.

Gayle
 
That is obnoxious, disgusting and pathetic. Registering??? What ever happened to giving a kid a baseball glove or a boomerang? Sheesh, am I old or what?
 
I thought this kind of stupid nonsense would stop once the economy tanked. Somehow, I thought people might realize it's time to get real but looks like some are still holding onto the fantasy of the lush life - and passing on the dream to their children. Oh man. I weep for the future.
 
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I agree - that's totally insane.

I had to laugh at the post about "no gifts required"...reminded me of a Curb Your Enthusiam episode when Larry was invited to a birthday party where "no gifts, please"...so, he didn't bring one, but of course everyone else did and he looked like an idiot as usual...God, I love that show...

Anywho....what are you going to do with said invitation?

Heidi
 
Oh, i guess I didn't make myself clear.
I am buying something from the Wish List and dropping it in the Toys for Tots bin on my way out of the store!!!! Some really needy child will LOVE it.:D:D

And I usually don't take my kids to parties where 20 kids are bringing presents and it's being held at a Fun Zone. Way too much!!! We have a home party with 2 of our closest friends. Every year. That's it. We decorate in the theme that they want and give the present from us when they wake up in the morning. Let's remember they are 4 and 7.
And who wants their child to get 20 toys for their birthday???

ellie
 
That's ridiculous. Talk about fostering the materialistic streak. Sheesh! My DD is turning 11 on Saturday and she's having two friends to sleep over. That's it. Last year, 3 girls came and we went bowling.

On the other side of the coin, someone I know just went to a birthday party for a 1 year old with 200 people in a rented hall, with catered food and the works! :rolleyes: Where does it go from there?
 
On the other side of the coin, someone I know just went to a birthday party for a 1 year old with 200 people in a rented hall, with catered food and the works! :rolleyes: Where does it go from there?

That's just eye-popping! Kid won't even remember it!!

When I was last gainfully employed one of my co-workers shared a story about her 6 year old's b-day party. She and her DH went all out, spent a couple of thousand dollars, limo, fairy princess theme, the works. Her daughter got mad when she opened her gifts and her friends' moms hadn't purchased the toys she wanted. So she threw a present, stomped off and had a "silent" tantrum: refusing to talk to anyone, lip stuck out, arms crossed, the works. She didn't participate for the rest of the party. Can you imagine? My mother would have killed me.

Catheite parents seem so sane. Maybe you all should get together and hold parenting workshops or something. :D

Sparrow
 

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