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Originally posted by sageofages
Our school has the rule...NO DISTRIBUTING PARTY INVITATIONS AT SCHOOL PERIOD and I really like that.
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The schools I attended when I was growing up had the same rule. It's a good rule, I think - passing out invitations at school encourages cliques, upsets those who aren't invited, and distracts from the primary purpose of school: education.
It's really not that hard to put together a mailing list. You should know your kids' friends' street addresses and phone numbers anyway, especially if you let them go over to their friends' houses to play. You can get other addresses from the school, the PTA, extracurricular activities your kids are involved in, or even the phone book or the internet.
Anyway, I digress. I don't have children of my own, but as a child I attended a few parties where a kid or two acted up. Birthday parties were usually held at places like McDonald's, a skating rink, a music place... rarely in the parents' house. Usually if a kid acted up, his parents (if present), the birthday child's parents, or a member of the staff tried to handle the situation. In the worst cases, they threatened to call the parents to take the kid home early. That worked wonders, especially if the cake hadn't been served yet!
The birthday child and his parents knew who had acted up, and the hellion would usually not be invited to the kid's birthday party next year.