My son is about to turn 4, and we're planning the festivities. I've ranted about absurd kids' birthday parties before, so we'll be keeping this party low-key: a few of his little buddies, some relay ...

NEW YORK — Anya Roles, 34, a Manhattan mother of three girls under the age of 5, has seen a range of gifts at children’s birthday parties over the years: personalized lunchboxes and pricey plate sets, ...

I used to spend so much time and money making goody bags for my child's birthday parties. Here's why I decided to stop handing them out—and why you should too. If every party has a pooper, I suppose ...

Pencils. Slime. Kazoos. Bubbles. Generic Slinkies that don't work. Squishies that will become hairballs within 48 hours. Tiny cars you'll eventually step on later. Just the thought makes me shudder.

When did it become impossible to throw a birthday party for a child without handing the guests goodie bags as they leave? Over the years, my boys have brought home everything from school supplies ...

Goodie bags, the fun finale to a kids’ birthday party, are good by definition, but some are better than others. A great goodie bag can guarantee you end a birthday party on a high note and guests ...

My son turns six this week, which means I've been pulling together songs for a family tradition: The cd of his favorite songs that we include in the obligatory birthday party goody bag. (You can see ...

Every day, Judy Carr enters her living room and considers the bags of small plastic toys accumulating on her coffee table, abandoned one by one by her 5-year-old son after the latest birthday party.

I was shocked to read the article by Holly Hunter Morley (“It’s time to wipe out a national evil … goodie bags,” March 24) for Los Gatans to ban the birthday goodie bag. Goodie bags are a way to show ...

A mother has been left “fuming” after a parent returned a goody bag given to their child at her daughter’s birthday party, stating that the contents were “too generous”. Yesterday, the mother in ...