{"id":1225,"date":"2012-07-31T10:24:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T17:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2012-07-31T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T17:25:11","slug":"are-you-a-competitive-parent-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/are-you-a-competitive-parent-part-4","title":{"rendered":"Are You A Competitive Parent? Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">@font-face {\n  font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\n}@font-face {\n  font-family: \"Verdana\";\n}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }<\/span><\/span><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Ok &ndash; here is part 4.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The previous 3 &quot;arenas&quot; were:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">1 &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/are-you-a-competitive-parent-part-1\">Education<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/are-you-a-competitive-parent-part-2\">Toilet Training and Weaning<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/are-you-a-competitive-parent-part-3\">Sports<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"birthday party\" border=\"2\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-content\/uploads\/clown-at-party.jpg\" width=\"156\" \/>The 4th arena of competitive parenting is Parties! <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">birthday parties<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">any rite of passage that comes with an expected party like a quinceanera, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">bar\/bat mitzvah <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">These events can get very spendy what with gift bags, d&eacute;cor, and food. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" alt=\"pony ride\" border=\"2\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-content\/uploads\/pony-ride.jpg\" width=\"164\" \/>They can be bowling or pool parties, or trips to amusement parks or <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"> having clowns and pony rides come to your home.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">And when the child is older, as in a bar or bat mitzvah it can be an event at a hotel with a sit down dinner, music and gala happenings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Do the kids enjoy these? Yes and no &#8211; it mostly depends on their age.&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Very young children can be overwhelmed by the huge event and number of people.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Teens at bar and bat mitzvahs and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">quinceaneras probably enjoy the fun and attention.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Do parents enjoy these? Not always. It can be a lot of work &#8211; even for a modest party.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Do the adult guests enjoy them?&nbsp; At the time, yes, but often they can hardly remember the individual event when each tends to blend into the previous and next&#8230;.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">All this can lead to more and bigger so that &ldquo;your&rdquo; event is memorable!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">I&#39;m not saying any of this is bad &#8211; but what is the message you are sending to your child<\/span><\/span>? <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Or to your guests?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">And guests? What message do you take from it? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">If it is to only think of how you can out-do the one you are at &#8211; you are competing!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">If it gives you good ideas for yours? Go with it!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Thoughts? Comments? Thank you.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok &ndash; here is part 4. &nbsp; The previous 3 &quot;arenas&quot; were: &nbsp; 1 &ndash; Education 2 &#8211; Toilet Training and Weaning 3 &#8211; Sports &nbsp; The 4th arena of competitive parenting is Parties! &nbsp; birthday parties any rite of passage that comes with an expected party like a quinceanera, bar\/bat mitzvah &nbsp; &nbsp; These [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[494],"tags":[505,385,480,520],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parenting-2","tag-competitive-parenting","tag-human-interest","tag-parenting","tag-parties","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}