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progressivebydesign

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6. I was one of those kids. When I grew up, I never had a birthday party.

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 01:50 PM

Jul 2012

We lived in a motel a few times, and had to move out of our apartments in the middle of the night, leaving everything behind. We had weekends where we lived on nothing but a box of pancakes...

And I have to tell you... when those do-gooders gave us a box at Christmas with gifts, it stayed with me the rest of my life! It is why I am philanthropically-minded. I remember those kindnesses. We had hand me down clothes, and other things given to us, and it DOES make a difference to the kids. And it's a separate issue to the jobs. Not all kids who live like that are living that way because of jobs going overseas and such. Sometimes the kids suffer because of parent addictions and bad decisions.

That's all.. I see your point, but there is no reason we can't have both things.

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A birthday club for children who don't get parties [View all] Sherman A1 Jul 2012 OP

K&R murielm99 Jul 2012 #1

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!! elbloggoZY27 Jul 2012 #2

cool idea. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #3

that is nice. but the reason they don't have birthday parties is because their families don't have HiPointDem Jul 2012 #4

You are absolutely correct Sherman A1 Jul 2012 #5

it may not be lost on them, but it won't change their life trajectory on average. because contrary HiPointDem Jul 2012 #8

I agree with the other poster nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #11

Charity has been around since the roman empire and before. It doesn't make anything better in HiPointDem Jul 2012 #15

What do you want these ladies to be doing nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #17

I was one of those kids. When I grew up, I never had a birthday party. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #6

there is a reason we can't have both if money & time are tied up in 1) and few people are doing 2). HiPointDem Jul 2012 #7

Who is being demonized here? nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #12

no one is being demonised in the op, and my post is knocking no one. i am commenting on the HiPointDem Jul 2012 #14

Either you have a hard time articulating your position or I'm just not following you., nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #16

oh, look: the birthday club has "partners and sponsors"! HiPointDem Jul 2012 #19

OMG! You mean money doesn't magically appear? nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #20

well, it seemed to in the article originally posted... one lady & $25 bucks! sure sounded like she HiPointDem Jul 2012 #22

So write the paper and demand a correction nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #23

i'm correcting the record here. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #24

Huh? nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #26

I'm sorry, I just think you are wrong about this... ljm2002 Jul 2012 #18

yes, having other people pay for and organize their kids' parties must relieve their guilt immensely HiPointDem Jul 2012 #21

I wonder as well nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #25

Agreed Sherman A1 Jul 2012 #27

lol. it was quite clear what i was saying; you just don't want to hear it, is all. people who HiPointDem Jul 2012 #30

Most of the kids I've known who don't have parties proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #9

70 years of no birthday celebrations.......... mrmpa Jul 2012 #10

That's a beautiful story. nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #13

And in that lies Sherman A1 Jul 2012 #28

Agreed nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #29