The kids don't need more stuff, and their parents don't need more clutter. So why do some of us moms and dads insist on schlepping presents to other children's birthday parties when the invitations ...

If you thought baby showers were draining your wallet, just wait until those babies get a little bit older. As any parent can attest, kids’ birthday parties have a tendency to take over the social ...

The mum, Evee, took her followers through the list and said she was "totally open to debate," but she hoped these rules would help her raise her child, "with the right level of entitlement." Want to ...

Party bags have become a mainstay of children's birthday bashes — but is it OK to push back? (Credit: Getty Images; illustrated by Joseph Riccobono) For more than a decade I have been entrenched in ...

When it comes to buying gifts for other people’s children there are unwritten rules to follow. No slime, no kinetic sand, and absolutely nothing that makes noise. Battery operated toys? Also very bad.

A Florida mom changed her 3-year-old daughter’s birthday party RSVP after receiving an “out-of-control” text outlining strict gift-giving rules. In a TikTok video, Brittany Carpenter shared that, just ...

I guess this is an etiquette question? I have two elementary school-aged kids. As you can imagine, we go to a lot of birthday parties. Sometimes, an invitation says, “No gifts please.” I always ...

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Dear Miss Manners: I’d like to have a party for my daughter’s 4th birthday. However, I’d like to avoid getting a bunch of plastic junk that she’ll look at once and then throw in a corner and never ...

Cannon and Bell share twin sons Golden and Rise, 6, and daughter Powerful, 2 Nick Cannon/Instagram, Emma McIntyre/Getty Nick Cannon got an extra special gift from three of his kids for his birthday.