Board index › Coping in life › Parents' Discussion

your best birthday party tips

Page 4 of 4 [ 49 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4

Previous topic | Next topic

willaful
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 18 Mar 2010
Gender: Female
Posts: 786

12 Oct 2010, 5:13 pm

I think it'll be fine. Just make sure there's age-appropriate things for them to do.


_________________
Sharing the spectrum with my awesome son.


momsparky
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 26 Jul 2010
Gender: Female
Posts: 3,831

12 Oct 2010, 6:21 pm

It will be fine, my niece had a better time there than the boys did when she dragged them to American Girl Place...but, forewarning: the Lego Store is sensory overload waiting to happen. Every kid is different, of course, but we had a near thing with my 10yo the last time we went there.



DW_a_mom
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 22 Feb 2008
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Posts: 11,189
Location: Northern California

12 Oct 2010, 7:00 pm

In my memory, 5 and 6 year old girls are pretty game to try things. Is this one of the stores where the pieces are sorted by size, shape and type? Places like that are really a building paradise! The Belleville Lego sets are also really nice for girls. I think you do the birthday party your child wants, and tell the girl's parents what the plan is. If a girl isn't going to be game, she won't go, simple as that - but I'm pretty sure they'll be game. My daughter has done all sorts of things at parties for her male friends; there are no taboos against girls playing nerf wars, like there are against boys doing tea parties, after all ;)


_________________
Mom to an amazing AS son, who recently graduated from the university (plus an also amazing non-AS daughter). Most likely part of the "Broader Autism Phenotype" (some traits).


number5
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 15 Jun 2009
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,691
Location: sunny philadelphia

13 Oct 2010, 8:10 am

DW_a_mom wrote:
In my memory, 5 and 6 year old girls are pretty game to try things. Is this one of the stores where the pieces are sorted by size, shape and type? Places like that are really a building paradise! The Belleville Lego sets are also really nice for girls. I think you do the birthday party your child wants, and tell the girl's parents what the plan is. If a girl isn't going to be game, she won't go, simple as that - but I'm pretty sure they'll be game. My daughter has done all sorts of things at parties for her male friends; there are no taboos against girls playing nerf wars, like there are against boys doing tea parties, after all ;)


What a great idea! My daughter would LOVE a nerf war party :D