Even elephants are having trouble finding work these days.
With all the economic turmoil going on right now, parents who used to throw the elaborate let's-rent-a-whole-circus birthday parties for their children (who sometimes were too young to remember it later on anyway) are cutting back.
"Kids' Parties Take a Pay Cut" (from MomLogic) quoted one mother as saying, "No matter what's going on in the economy, I don't want my children to think that they can't have something as basic as a birthday party."
Really? I'm all for celebrating life's milestones; however, since when are birthday parties "basic" in the same sense as food, shelter, clothing and - perhaps this is where the confusion really stems from - love?
Maybe when we get things sorted into the right categories, we'll be on the way to sorting out the rest of this economic mess too.
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Photos by D'Arcy Norman.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Kids' party cutbacks send pachyderms packing
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I certainly agree with you, Stephanie.Some years we have skipped having a grand b'day party and chose to instead go to the book store and buy books or some great toys/craft activities instead. I always tell my kids never to take the luxuries for granted and be thankful for all that we have.
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so far, our best bday parties are just family. We've done two big "friend" parties and they ended up stressing Dacey out (and Mama too). I love the casual ease of gathering family to celebrate.
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Nithya and Megan: Lots of great ideas! Thanks!!
ReplyDeletegreat point...and i agree w/ you. we try to keep things simple w/ the kids' parties. and really, the kids are still happy whether or not they get an "extravagant" party or not.
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