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.
My oldest is dating a young lady who has a sister with down syndrome. She is a handful but he still goes to her shows and the last time went to her school show and brought her flowers.
You are right about parents. I have watched during my kids growing up the kids who are rude and disrespectful. You then look at the parents and know why these kids are like they are.
Sometimes you can’t go to a party because you have other plans already.