Posted on 04/20/2015 11:44:30 AM PDT by twister881
When Jenny Moretter turned to Facebook after none of her daughter’s fourth-grade classmates RSVP’d to her 10th birthday party, she was simply aiming to prevent her daughter, Mackenzie, from having to celebrate her special day alone.
But on Saturday, the Minnesota mom — whose daughter has an enlarged skull due to a rare genetic condition — got an even bigger surprise: a birthday party with hundreds of supporters, mostly strangers, plus an outpouring of donations.
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I love God Moments like that!
The other kids are frightened, not necessarily mean
“None of her friends RSVP”
Those aren’t friends. The classmates should be ashamed of themselves.
This reminds me of the high school stud who asked the handicapped girl to the prom. Biggest moment of her life.
Likely so; the failure is in the parenting. The girl is developmentally delayed and has a speech issue, but she is so pretty & sweet. I'll wager she has a lot of friends now, and a bunch of envious classmates and (hopefully) ashamed Moms & Dads.
My parents NEVER made a big deal out of my birthday. As a consequence, NEITHER DO I. I think my parents wanted to teach me not to be narcissistic and self-important. I totally understand that.
I hate to be that guy, but none of those people came because they initially wanted to either. They just hopped onto a social media feel-good cause of the day.
Are any of these “look how much I care” folks going to be there tomorrow?
Not sure I understand your point. Looks like it was others, not the family, who pulled together the party in a matter of hours. People volunteered their time, talent, & treasure in an instant when the didn’t have to. It’s part of the American spirit, such as when total strangers help others when a disaster strikes. In this case, it’s using the power of social media to join in community to give a 10 y/o a happy memory. My guess is the girl & her family made a number of friendships that will last.
Now, stanne....
We all know it is scary to be Christian, but sometimes we have to be more Christian than scared. It does take teaching though, that’s for sure. :)
That’s fine, but I don’t like how there is this insinuation that a bunch of 4th graders not RSVPing a party was some evil act. Were these kids her close friends, or did the mom just blanket send out invites to guilt them to show up?
I just a weird entitlement vibe from this story hiding behind a feel-good ending.
YOU are who you are talking about.
Well said!
Just saying that they’re ten.
10
Not really.
I don’t like getting a narrative, and then being expected to just go with it without the whole story being known.
“The other kids are frightened, not necessarily mean”.
Not sure if you have been around a lot of ten years old.. especially ten year old girls.. but they aren’t frightened. Not frightened one little bit. It may have to do exclusively with status. They didn’t want to be seen at “the retards” party because that would cause them to be teased by the other top of the food chain girl groups. Baby 2 is now 15 and baby 3 will turn 9 soon. The “girl guide” at that age is very much about group agreement, social pressure and status.
iow, you like being ‘that guy’.
I think you are right. The girls know who rides the “short bus” and they gossip. Even girls that are “nice” girls. (I had to set a couple of them straight a few months ago, to my great dismay.)
With a lot of our schools, the special ed classes are within the same school. Some of the kids are “mainstreamed” meaning they take “normal” classes with the other groups. Ten year olds can be little meanies. They know what they are doing, too. I still blame the parents... if I ever heard one of mine name calling.. well, you know what I’d do.
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