Well, it could have been a Joe Biden 2020 rally or a Hillary 2016 rally. A few clicks and Hillary's crowd was reduced by 99%!!
Here is my take on it.
When I was this child's age, and yes I remember it we did have birthday parties. Usually they were kids on the street we played with every day. Maybe about 5 kids showed up 10 if you were lucky. Certainly not 20 people unless it was relatives.
However I do remember one when I was 4. A girl in my nursery school invited the whole class and most of the kids did show up. I remember burgers and fries were served and I loved the fries.
Grown ups would let us drink all the Pepsi we wanted and back then it had real sugar in it not like today so you know we were bouncing all over the place.
There were no blow up bouncy houses back then. We played other children's games like duck duck goose and tag.
Thing is I know we had parties that young. So why is no one showing up? Are people just rude? Is Mom inviting the wrong people? What is it?
These stories are so weird. Why even put in the newspaper? I feel bad for the kid but I remember growing up and when I was a little kid maybe some relatives would show up and a few kids I actually played with (maybe 2 or 3 kids)
As I understand it, constant virtue signalling is mandatory in many areas of California, particularly the more affluent communities.
Maybe they didn't have one of those "In This House, We Believe..." signs in their front yard.
Your friends are pretty likely to show up.
If you invite virtual strangers, they probably won’t show up.
People these days tend not to have friends. They have “connections” on social media. Those people don’t care about you.
I don’t know about the kid but the mother appears crazy.
New & Improved: Play the VICTIM Card & Acting Out yr grief.
Old & Busted: Being THANKFUL for what you’ve got & moving on.
Perhaps if she wasn’t SUING everyone around her, she’d have better luck.
(I have no clue either way, but this is California we’re talking about)
perhaps they are boycotting the Disney Groomers (tm)
Newspapers suck and are now getting material off of TikTok and other social media sites to generate attention for themselves.
Clown world.
TikTok clout.
“So why is no one showing up? ... What is it?”
Disney. Grooming.
3 yr olds don’t know to beg parents to go, this is on the parents.
Now she knows these parents don’t care for her.
Move on. Big world.
When in doubt, request: R.S.V.P.
It’s surprising that the poor kid even was given one. Most parents don’t even bother anymore.
Next time, try using rsvp.
That’s the big one. The neighbor kids don’t get together as much now.
Something I have observed, living in a community that consists mainly of families from India, is that the kids on the street do get out and play together.
Two problems.
1) Like we now have participants awards for everything, we set expectations (for kids and the parent alike) too high for what used to be just casual social events. Invite your close friends and just have fun. Don’t need clowns, bounce houses, and other nonsense. You try to include all that and now success depends on others showing up, never mind they all have their own families and lives, and aren’t invested in your ‘princess’ the way you are.
2) Others have their own lives, their own family plans, and aren’t obligated to go out and spend money for every birthday every kid in the neighborhood (or school room) has. Related to this, if you dont have normal friendly relationships with your neighbors, then dont expect them to show up for your ‘special’ occasions.
Or, a third possibility, your kids a brat and noboby likes her.
Grew up in a big Irish Catholic family. We had parties. They were called chores. No friends showed up.
Kids are not being raised as social as we were.
My granddaughter has a few friends in her kindergarten class, but they rarely go to each other’s homes. This past weekend she went to her first birthday party. The after report was that 10 little girls were invited. Seven RSVP’ed. Four showed.
Kid’s generally don’t go to other kid’s homes as much. They communicate “virtually” once they are teenagers...don’t even talk to be about them dating these days...it is a mess.