Mahlon Layne was nine years old and decided to celebrate a birthday party to which he invited the classmates of his new school, where he had started this course. Everything was ready: the decoration, the table set, the cake ready, but none of the children attended his party. The boy began to cry and shattered the heart of his mother, who shared the story in his blog asking parents to confirm their children's attendance at the birthday parties to which they are invited. Because nobody would want it to happen to his son.
Known as "RSVP" is not an ornament on an invitation card. It may seem outdated, but it is a way to make sure how many people will attend an event to be able to organize it better, or if necessary, suspend it. Today, parents have various ways to confirm our children's attendance at a birthday party. By mail, by phone, or the practical Whastapp, which for other things not so much, but for that it is very useful.
A sad birthday
"No one has come, I think I'm not very popular in school."How can a nine-year-old boy feel when he sees that nobody attends his birthday party? Sad, who is not accepted, who is not loved by his companions with the coexists every day. In addition, it was the first time he celebrated his birthday with classmates, since in previous years he had received home schooling.
Having waited a reasonable time and seeing that no child arrived, Mahlon's mother called the whole family to give her son the birthday he deserved.
The next day he wrote the post on his blog, with pain, but in no case downloading against children, but against parents who had not had the deference to warn that their children would not attend.
"I asked the parents to confirm assistance in the invitation, but I did not get an answer. As we are new to the city and to the school, I did not have the phone number of any father to be able to call them," explains the mother in the letter.
After making it public, the Internet has achieved what had not happened before. The boy and his mother received numerous gifts and samples of support, a reaction similar to what happened when a mother set up a birthday party for her son with autism and nobody came until Facebook saved him.
That is not done
No one would like for their son a birthday party without guests, that what is supposed to be a special day ends up being a day to forget. It is unbearable when you see that they hurt your son or daughter, one of the people you love most in the world. And of course, it is very disappointing for a nine year old to feel the emptiness of his classmates.
Parents have a lot to consider when there are situations like this. We are the ones who set an example and we must promote in our children values such as companionship, empathy, integration ...
Parents may not imagine that any of the children would attend the birthday party, but when your children are invited to a birthday, do not stop responding if they will attend or not, because tomorrow could be your son who is in that place. And before answering, ask yourself a question that perhaps none of the parents asked: What kind of person do you want your child to be?.
