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Bill Doherty, leading researcher and educator regarding overscheduled and overindulged children, talks to interviewer Deb Krumholz about the trend of the bigger and better birthday parties and what it is doing to our children and our communities. Birthday parties may not seem like a critical issue, but they are merely a "wedge into the consumer culture of childhood and family life" . Included in this piece are some (sadly) entertaining examples of "over the top" parties as well as some ways for parents to step off this treadmill.
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There is a 30 second music break at 15:25; music is "It's My Party" by Lesley Gore
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