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" Last week, I took my five-year-old son to his friend&amp;#039;s birthday party. My son couldn&amp;#039;t wait for the presents to be opened (he had helped pick out a special gift). But as the hours came and went, I realized that the gifts wouldn&amp;#039;t be opened until after the guests had left. Is this acceptable, or was the hostess just not thinking? Gift opening at get-togethers is a matter of personal preference. Parents who nix it say they&amp;#039;re afraid kids will get too focused on the loot rather than on the party, or that their young child may blurt out, &amp;quot;I already have this!&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t like that!&amp;quot; But I&amp;#039;m in favor of children opening gifts at parties, because it&amp;#039;s a real-life opportunity for a child to learn manners, including saying thank you even if the item isn&amp;#039;t his favorite. You can&amp;#039;t change other families&amp;#039; ways, but you can make sure your son opens all the presents when it&amp;#039;s his own birthday party. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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