[BBell]

Well I'm glad I raised my kids better. My kids would have gone to the party. I raised them to have empathy for others.

[manc]

I don’t know if the kids did not turn up because of a disability, but what I do know is that if I give my word my kids will show up then they will.

[left that other site]

I remember a similar story about a wedding feast!

[momtothree]

My first response was “rotten, little brats”. But I thought about it... rotten, little brats come from rotten to the core parents. You, BBell.. have taught your children empathy, compassion and kindness. My kids would have gone without prompting simply because they would have wanted to make her happy. Bless all those families who took time out of their day to go to a party for a little girl they didn’t know.. simply because they had empathy, compassion and kindness.

[SamAdams76]

The cynical part of me says that there may be "more to the story" here.

I find it hard to believe that an entire classroom of 10-year-old children would shun the birthday party of a classmate that they were invited to. Even if that classmate was painfully shy.

Now if it were high school kids, maybe I could see that happening.

[AU72]

My daughter befriended a girl in high school that had a mild mental disorder when she was shunned and picked on by her class mates. She went on to get her Associates Degree and is now a counselor.

The high school principal told my daughter he saw what she did and wished he had more students like her.

[Veggie Todd]

You should always go to other people's funerals;
otherwise, they won't come to yours.
-Yogi Berra

[Jane Long]

What an adorable child Mackenzie is!

Happy Birthday, Mackenzie....and MANY more.

Thanks for posting this story with a VERY happy ending :-)

[latina4dubya]

one of the positives of social media... :)

[RginTN]

That happened to me once in elementary school. Lesson learned, a birthday party should have friends invited. Classmates aren’t all friends.

Unless everyone in that class was a friend that parent should not have exposed their child to that potential rejection.

[MNDude]

Wow! Too bad Charlie Brown’s mom didn’t have FaceBook.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

When my son was in second grade, he was seated next to a girl with severe eyesight problems. He helped her throughout the entire year. We were really proud of him.

[ExCTCitizen]

The mom did a nice job... I’m glad to read this.