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Big birthdays, parenting, and the power of expectations.

When I convinced my daughter not to have a birthday party this year, it felt like a major win. She’s turning 10 in December, and the older she gets, the more complicated it seems. Between her friends in the neighboring town, camp friends, school friends that aren’t quite “birthday party” friends, but they could be, so should we? Planning a special exper…