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I can't speak for the poster, but back in my young kids in suburbia life, it was common to get invited to kid parties for kids are hardly knew. And most parent
by z9znz 4y ago
I can't speak for the poster, but back in my young kids in suburbia life, it was common to get invited to kid parties for kids are hardly knew. And most parents wouldn't be bothered with getting a "real" gift. They would go buy whatever was < $10 at Walmart.
And the people hosting the parties would also go to Walmart and buy the 99cent "goodie" bags to hand out to the guest kids. Those bags contained cheap plastic spider rings, plastic whistles which were so malformed that they didn't whistle, etc.
Most of what was given and received would go into the garbage after everyone was home. It's an obscene waste of time, money, and resources. But now it feels like that reality is the common general reality, and that's what scares me.
- zucked 4y agoThis still happens. The toys are from Target and are <$30 in my circles and we usually try to make them legos or something that can be used again and not just thrown away, but there is rarely more thought goes into them than that. The gift bags are still a part of the song and dance, but I've seen some shift there, too - one party we were invited to, the family gave plants & seeds as the party favor.
- fmajid 4y agoSmall Lego boxes used to be available for $5, have outstanding replay value, and don’t have cadmium or lead unlike many Chinese toys. I used to stock up on them as party favors.