Expert: Is the experience of being left out a part of childhood that everyone has to navigate?

Third -grade son wasn't invited to one of his friends' birthday parties.

Prudie Phones a Friend : Is the experience of being left out a part of childhood that everyone has to navigate at some point? Author: "Her childhood experiences with being excluded are seemingly what's driving her reaction and the reason for the letter".

Prudie LaChapelle -Friday: Don't encourage Joshua to assume that there was an intention to hurt or exclude him.

Joshua 's age means this is the right time to include him in the decision-making, according to Cork .

Whether the friendship continues will likely be informed by many factors, including whether the exclusion becomes a pattern.