We all want to be invited to all the popular parties, especially when we are younger.
Perhaps as adults we appreciate a chilled night in with the TV on more than children.
But when you are in school, and you are not invited to a party, it can be pretty upsetting for the child as well as the parents.
Well, one devastated mum took to a parenting forum on Reddit to explain how her eight-year-old son came home in tears after he was the only child in his class not to receive an invite to a classmate's birthday party.
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In the caption to the post, the anonymous mum wrote that her 'third grader' had been excluded from the party.
She explained: "My eight-year-old son came home crying yesterday because another student M handed out birthday party invitations to all of his classmates except for him.
"It happened in his classroom and there are 18 students in his class.
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"When my son asked M why he didn't get an invitation, M apparently replied with a big smirk 'I guess you didn't make the list'.
"My son and M get along fine when they are together by themselves but apparently M can be a bit mean to my son when M is with his other friends.
"I have no issue with M not inviting my son - it's his party and he can invite whoever he wants.
"But it seems unnecessarily cruel for M to deliberately exclude my son, and only my son, in front of his classmates at school.
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"My son already has difficulty fitting in and finding friends to sit and play with at lunch and recess."
The mum then went on to explain how her son's love for horses and steam engines does single him out a bit, and she is worried that more children may reject him because of M.
The Reddit user then added that she was a bit inclined to talk to her son's teacher about the invitation or lack of, and the policy the school runs.
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However, in an update, the mum revealed that she did speak to the school, she said: "I asked my son's teacher about her invitation policy.
"She said she saw M giving out invitations but didn't realise he had excluded my son.
"The principal was there so we clued her into the situation and she said she would implement an official school policy that says no invitations at school unless the whole class is invited."
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She ended the post by saying that her son has not mentioned the party since he came home from school in floods of tears and that she is planning fun things for them to do over the coming weekend.
Since sharing her concerns, the post has received hundreds of comments from users sharing their thoughts on the situation.
One person wrote: "Man if I found out my little s**t kid excluded someone I'd cancel his whole damn party."
"If he's mean to your kid, I don't think you would want him to go to his birthday party anyways," a second said.
While another suggested: "It's possible that the parents did, in fact, make invitations for every child in the class - and their son just decided to not give your son his. So might be best to ask some questions before accusing the parents."
Topics: Parenting
Callum Jones