A while ago the parenting story of the day was paring down parties for kids,
and how these celebrations should be small and cost nothing and we
should all forgo the party favors. There was even an online movement
called Birthdays Without Pressure, for people who were kinda grossed
out by the excesses of it all, and the word on the street was that big
parties had more to do with competitive parents than the kids. At the
time, I came out in defense of the lavish affair. However, I'm here to tell you I do have my limits, and they are definitely shy of this one-year-old's birthday.
How do you spend that much on a kid birthday?
These parents did it
by renting a room at a country club...
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