A mother has shared a heartbreaking story in response to claims that when it comes to young children’s birthday parties, everyone should be invited.
Sharing her tale on parenting forum mumsnet, the commentor explained why she had intentionally left one of her daughter’s classmates off the invite list.
“Those of you who say never exclude any child from a class party. Not even one and not even if they are a bully – you’re wrong, in my opinion and based on my experience,” she wrote in the now-deleted post.
She said her daughter was “bullied so severely”, with the attacks starting when her child was in nursery school.
“It started in nursery. With hitting, spitting, shoving and not letting anyone speak to my child.
“By primary it had moved to excluding my child and pushing them off seats in the dinner hall. Then it moved to an attack with a rope.”
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In that case don't invite the whole class, just friends. We did invite the child who our son thought was a bully, to a whole class party, but with lots of entertainment -a movie at the cinema, they didn't have time to do anything disruptive and were actually v well behaved.
“Heartbreaking” for who? Mum stood up for her bullied daughter (go Mum!) and the horrid child who made her daughter’s life a misery missed out. Too freaking bad for the bully and Mum protected their home as a sanctuary for her daughter.