GENTLE READER: Opening presents at children’s birthday ... blue!”). Given that your son is already being taught to send thank-you letters, Miss Manners has no doubt that if you choose to open ...

Finally, a real birthday party, something in parenting that would look like I’d imagined it would. We’d get Hazel a cute little present and jump on a bouncy castle, or whatever it is you do at ...

For everyone! Recently I attended my own child’s birthday and saw the excitement she felt when opening presents, and also the excitement the other kids felt watching her open what they had ...

If you have a no-gifts party, an open-gifts-later party or no birthday party at all, it has no bearing on whether you are a good parent or a bad parent. You‘re just doing it differently than me.