Backyard sausage sizzles, fairy bread and Pass the Parcel with one ruthless winner… or balloon arches, petting zoos and a $900 entertainer? This week we unpack how birthday parties have gone from simple to full-scale production — and whether we’recelebrating our kids… or competing with each other.

We talk party politics (invite the whole class or risk playground warfare), teen socialpressure and the “Pinterest problem,” and the adult birthday identity crisis noone admits to having. From guest-list drama to bottomless brunches andsurprise-party nightmares, nothing is safe.

Is the $400+ million kid-party industry making memories… or just making us tired? Pour a glass and join us for a very honest conversation about birthdays — then and now.

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