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"Real Moms" versus Supermoms--lowering expectations and increasing happiness

Published on 2010-01-07 12:08:00

I just read a very interesting white paper courtesy of Ad Age entitled "The New Female: The Rise of the Real Moms. (http://.adage.com/whitepapers/index.php)Among other things, the white paper noted that the younger generation of moms, unlike their p > read more

Upping Your Percentages on Birthday Party RSVPs

Published on 2009-10-10 22:48:00

I recently heard a heart-breaking story about a woman who invited 20+ kids to her son's 4th birthday party and got RSVPs from exactly 3 people. The other parents simply never bothered to respond. A recent transplant to Colorado, this woman asked a > read more

Heading off Post Birthday Party Let-Downs

Published on 2009-10-06 18:27:00

As even the casual viewer of "Bridezilla" knows, big events have a way of bringing out the worst in people. Especially when those people are children who haven't yet developed a sense of proportion about, well, pretty much anything. Their birthday pa > read more

What do Teachers Really Want for the Holidays?

Published on 2009-10-05 19:15:00

Full disclosure: I am the daughter of a former elementary school teacher and spent many happy hours going through my mother's big box of holiday gifts from her students, smelling the Jean Nate spray lotion, trying on the scarfs, wondering why people > read more

Birthday Parties as Social Microcosms

Published on 2009-09-29 11:31:00

A friend asked me the other day what I'm blogging on. I said that I blogging about parties--but not the real nuts and bolts. There are other fantastic blogs that are already doing that--see who I am following for some ideas. I told her I'm really blo > read more

Let's Keep the Competition out of Birthday Party Activities

Published on 2009-09-28 09:59:00

Have you noticed that a competitive element has crept into birthday parties? I'm not talking about the parents competing on who can throw the best party; I'm talking about the actual birthday party activities themselves. For example, one of my gir > read more

We're Live! Check us out at www.bijouxinabox.com

Published on 2009-09-25 23:16:00

We're up and running! Come check out our great projects at www.bijouxinabox.com and enter WD when you check out for a 15% Welcome Discount. > read more

How Many Birthday Party Attendees is the "Right" Number

Published on 2009-09-24 17:03:00

Like so many things in life, the honest answer to this one is "it depends". I know. So deeply unsatisfying.There's the "invite the same number of kids as your kid's age". Then there's the "if you are inviting some kids in the class, invite everyon > read more

The world's easiest way to handle birthday party gift thank-you's

Published on 2009-09-24 16:13:00

The party's over, the house is a mess, and all you want to do is kick back with a glass of wine and call it a success. Ah, but there is still that little matter of the thank-you cards lurking as one last pesky to-do.Are thank-you notes for birthday p > read more

6 Tips for Declining Birthday Party Invitations with Sensitivity and Tact

Published on 2009-09-24 15:48:00

I have two kids that might as well be from different planets in terms of their social styles. One of my daughters has never met a social occasion she doesn’t like. From the time she was a toddler, my husband and I predicted that she would close a > read more