There’s no denying goody bags have become an expected part of attending children’s birthday parties. But has this practice gotten out of hand? Here’s why I’m breaking free of the goody bag trap and ...

Party bags have become a mainstay of children's birthday bashes — but is it OK to push back? (Credit: Getty Images; illustrated by Joseph Riccobono) For more than a decade I have been entrenched in ...

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 ...

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.

The worst offenders, though, are the goody bags. This year, my kids received them at Valentine’s Day, Ramadan, Easter, ...

In the last few years, simple class valentines seem to have been replaced by more elaborate gift packages, leaving some parents confused, embarrassed and even a little annoyed. "I was shook," ...