Do child poors get birthday parties?

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Just wondering this.  I remember myself and all my white suburban friends getting extravaganzas for like every birthday through age 10.  Thinking back, it truly does seem to be a very white and suburban thing. 

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If it makes you feel better, Al The Pessimist, I wish I could go back in time and ask my parents to NOT throw me parties for such meaningless crap.

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I think people of all classes have birthday parties for their young children. (Unless the parents are simply devoid of class). It need not be expensive. I remember having backyard birthday parties when I was very young, the most expensive thing being the Barney the Dinosaur character. I don't think Chuck E. Cheese or Laser Tag is that expensive either. (Unfortunately I don't think

What is truly obscene are the "Sweet Sixteen" parties held for rich girls turning 16. I've heard of Wall Street bankers spending six figures on dream fantasy "Sweet Sixteen" parties for their daughters. "Sweet Sixteen" is something that needs to be abolished.

Yea, the ol' guillotine is the correct response to things like that.

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Yes, poor people occasionally act like normal humans.

That's not what I was asking.  I was asking if birthday parties are truly "normal".

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No, they are too busy sweeping the chimneys of the local manor and heading down coal mines to celebrate such frippery.

100 years ago that's most likely very accurate in your neck of the woods.

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This thread is really remarkably embarrassing.

Brighten up, buttercup!

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Sweet Sixteen is a Yankee custom. It's not a thing here. At all.

See?  Looks how much we are learning here.  I would think that the landed gentry of the South would be the MOST likely to throw Princess Cindy-Sue a big Sweet Sixteen. 

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Just wondering this.  I remember myself and all my Asian suburban friends getting slapped for our infelicities through age 10.  Thinking back, it truly does seem to be a very Asian and suburban thing.

Oh no, it's something that happens to me too. Perfectly normal. Maybe the fact white people don't get hit explains certain things.

White kids often do get hit in the South, depending on parents' education/religion/etc.

Well, it's good to know there is some dichotomy with Southern whites.

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