Our daughter had her 4 year's birthday party saturday, with about 15 kids and a double that number of parents lurching around for a free meal! Kids were running and playing like crazed squirrels when time came for the traditional candy hand-out.
We try to maintain our daughters bi-national background and so decided to have the traditional Latinamerican "pinata". A pinata is a papier-mache doll filled with sweets that hangs on a rope while kids try to smash it to pieces with a stick while dancing to music while blindfolded.
So, we had ordered a "my little pony" pinata from Amazon and had a great time watching the 4 year olds hit their way like crazies, letting their rage show on the poor little pink pony! Each kid took turns trying to get the stubborn pony to break to their parents apparent dismay. Finally, with a great hit from a 5-year old, the pony broke and all the sweets came showering down! Then, kids in a frenzy, pushing and shoving themselves to get the most of the free-to-grab candies!
Later, the swedish traditional fish-pond version: all kiddies nicely lined up in front of the blue sheet symbolizing the sea. With a fake fishing rod, the parent behind the "sea" attaches the bag of goodies and pull the string. Yeah! I got a fish! And the kid gets his/hers bag with candy. No fighting. No pushing or shoving. No music. No hitting. In the line, waiting and the reward.
Different attitudes to upbringing, definately...
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