WASHINGTON – A goodie bag doesn’t have to be a literal bag of goodies anymore. More parents are straying from offering traditional goodie bags at children’s birthday parties, filled with candy and ...

NEW YORK — Anya Roles, 34, a Manhattan mother of three girls under the age of 5, has seen a range of gifts at children’s birthday parties over the years: personalized lunchboxes and pricey plate sets, ...

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 ...

Pencils. Slime. Kazoos. Bubbles. Generic Slinkies that don't work. Squishies that will become hairballs within 48 hours. Tiny cars you'll eventually step on later. Just the thought makes me shudder.

When did it become impossible to throw a birthday party for a child without handing the guests goodie bags as they leave? Over the years, my boys have brought home everything from school supplies ...

Goodie bags, the fun finale to a kids’ birthday party, are good by definition, but some are better than others. A great goodie bag can guarantee you end a birthday party on a high note and guests ...

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.

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.

I used to spend so much time and money making goody bags for my child's birthday parties. Here's why I decided to stop handing them out—and why you should too. If every party has a pooper, I suppose ...