It’s natural to have doubts about your parenting decisions; no one has all the solutions. However, a mother who clearly wants the best for her child lately became so perplexed by one of her decisions. Read the story and let us know whether the mom was right in her decision.
Source: Reddit
My daughter is turning 6 in a couple of weeks so we are throwing her a surprise birthday party. Her class had an end of the year party yesterday so I decided I’d hand out her invitations while she was distracted. I gave all of her classmates invitations except this one girl who has been bullying my daughter since school started.
My daughter is Korean in a mostly white school and this girl has apparently made it her life’s mission to bully my child everyday about it. She calls her mean names, makes fun of her eyes, the food she brings for lunch, and even has gotten physical. The teacher tries to separate them as much as he can but it still continues.
So I decided not to invite her, I didn’t want anyone to ruin her birthday party and I wasn’t taking any chances. I picked my daughter up from school today and her teacher asked to talk with me. He said it was really inappropriate of me to not invite the one girl and just because my child can’t take a little teasing doesn’t give me the right to not invite someone.
I told him that unless he was going to make that girl’s bad actions suddenly stop then she would not be allowed anywhere near my child’s birthday. The girl’s mom has tried to reach out a couple of times, none of which are apologizing for her daughter’s actions.
I feel bad that I have to not include her as I was always the kid who never got invitations to parties but my baby will always come first. My husband is on my side but I still can’t help but feel a little bad.
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