Post by winterwhispers on Jan 6, 2011 9:25:28 GMT -8
Reflecting on my kids' birthdays... I feel like a horrible mom. Alex (my youngest) is 7 today. He's not had a proper birthday party for a couple years now. You know, the kind with friends, games and such. The problem lies in our neighborhood. We cannot invite but one if any of the kids that live around here. They're all horrible little brats and are very disrespectful and often times bully Alex because he's small and a bit of an oddball. He doesn't have any friends at school that he sees outside of school and I don't know any of their parents. Also, with his birthday falling right after christmas, it makes it really difficult to plan and execute a proper party. You can't have him hand out invites the week of the party, people get mad. I know, we've had it happen in the past. But I also don't think having his party a week or two after his birthday holds as much meaning. Our other kids had fabulous friend and fun filled birthdays when they were younger. I feel like my baby is getting gypped here.
Aside from moving, I don't know what else to do. I know, seems extreme to want to move for that reason alone (and it's not really the only reason, but a big factor). His social skills are a bit rocky because he hasn't fully grasped the concept of out of family socializing and often does or says strange things. My heart is broken for my "baby" boy. I don't allow him to go play with these neighborhood kids because something always happens to him w/o someone looking out for him. And even sometimes when there is. This last time was his glasses were ripped off his face, thrown and stepped on, breaking them. He's now wearing a different broken pair because at least this pair has both lenses. If it was just mouthy kids, I would put up with them being in my house for an hour and a half. But they're mean, steal things and beat him up.
Aside from moving, I don't know what else to do. I know, seems extreme to want to move for that reason alone (and it's not really the only reason, but a big factor). His social skills are a bit rocky because he hasn't fully grasped the concept of out of family socializing and often does or says strange things. My heart is broken for my "baby" boy. I don't allow him to go play with these neighborhood kids because something always happens to him w/o someone looking out for him. And even sometimes when there is. This last time was his glasses were ripped off his face, thrown and stepped on, breaking them. He's now wearing a different broken pair because at least this pair has both lenses. If it was just mouthy kids, I would put up with them being in my house for an hour and a half. But they're mean, steal things and beat him up.