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Birthday parties are childhood memories that stay with you forever. Having fun with your friends, lots of cake and laughter – they’re precious. However, one mum has revealed that she plans on cancelling her son’s birthday party this weekend and rather than being outraged, people think she has the right idea.
Sharing the situation on social media, she explained that her only child is turning eight at the weekend and they had a special party planned with all of his friends and family. She wrote: “Yesterday we were informed by his school that he pulled another kid's pants and underwear down.
“We were obviously not happy with this incident, explained how it's wrong and gave an appropriate punishment by taking electronics away. This morning, I got a call from his principal telling me how he attacked a kindergartner at recess before school started and was pushing him down to the ground and spanking him.
“The child is traumatized. I am absolutely beside myself. Of course, there will be many punishments coming his way, including apology letters. We will be taking away all electronics, no play dates, he has to go work for his dad doing some hard labour, and an early bedtime. I am also looking into therapy for him. This is obviously a pretty big deal, so should I also cancel his birthday party?”
People reading the Reddit post were full of praise for the mum’s harsh punishment and helped her reflect on why cancelling the party was the best idea. One person replied: “I would cancel it. But not for a "punishment."
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“I would cancel it because you need to go into essentially lockdown mode to figure out what's going on with your son to make him suddenly act like this. You can still have a little family celebration, but he's not going to get better until you know what's wrong.”
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Someone else added: “Agreed. You can still celebrate a birthday and tell your kid that you’re going to put aside this incident for the evening while you all go out and have a small family party. Your comments and the other ones below it are all good points on why a ‘party’ is not a safe or good idea right now, but that no kid should have to completely miss his birthday.”
Other people implored the parents to get the child into therapy quickly in order to get to the root of the problem, especially if the behaviour came out of nowhere. One user replied: “Chances are that no kids will turn up to his party even if it went ahead. I wouldn’t let my kid go. And having no-shows could hurt him even more than he clearly already is.”