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January 21, 2008
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-21-2008

Kids' birthday party present-opening gets out of hand
Date: 01-21-2008, Monday
Section: BETTER LIVING
Edtion: All Editions
Column: DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: My daughter, "Bailey," will be 4 soon, and will be having a birthday party. We have been to a few of Bailey's friends' birthday parties, and present-opening turns into chaos. The birthday child doesn't have a chance to really look at the gifts, other children crowd closer and closer to the present-opener to get a better look, and some children cry about the gifts the birthday child has received while their parents promise to buy them a "better one" on their next outing.

I make sure my daughter is ...

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