Every parent who throws a birthday party for their child will have to deal with the tyranny of party favors. Are they necessary? No, but kids love a goodie bag. The question I found myself asking was, ...

Throwing a kid’s birthday party often involves a last-minute dash to a party supply store for a pile of cheap decorations and a bag of junky plastic party favors. Later, you’re left wondering if that ...

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 ...