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Article: Dear Abby: ; Opening presents chaotic at children's birthday parties
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- January 21, 2008
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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 well-behaved when it comes to present-
opening, but not all parents seem to feel the need to curb this
behavior on the part of their children.
Would it be acceptable to wait to open ...