Michael Fishman of 'Roseanne' Shares His Thoughts on Toddlers and Birthday Parties

Michael Fishman of 'Roseanne' shares his thoughts on toddlers and birthday parties. He has some insights about what should and shouldn't happen at kids under 6 birthday parties.

Michael Fishman recently tweeted about a toddler birthday party he attended. While he didn't say if it was for a family member of his personally or another family member, he thought there were things that could have been handled differently.

He felt that a toddler's birthday party should be kept small and not invite everyone willy nilly because he didn't think toddlers had friends as such a young age. He felt family who the family and toddler associate with more should have been the guests.

Michael Fishman also felt some of the games, pin the tale on the donkey and beating the snot out of a pinata, was a bit over the top for a kid at such a young age. He thought the pinata game might have an emotional affect the child since it required beating up their favorite character and being rewarded with candy was more violent than some of the video games on the market today for these young children.

Michael Fishman also noted that the high doses of sugar intake and sugar rushes kids received from the candy and cake lead to the young ones bouncing off the walls and a train wreck waiting to happen. Then he wondered why mom and dad got mad when the kids are now in a sugar induced coma right before the kid opens their gifts. How many times have you seen that happen at a kids birthday party? Probably more times than you care to admit.

Then there's all the gifts. He also wondered why one child should get so many gifts at one time because it's more than they can play with at that point and time because they are overwhelmed. That's for sure. By the time they get to the last few gifts, they are almost at the pointed of boredom because all they want to do is pick one and play with it.

Michael Fishman did have a great suggestion. He suggested giving the toddler one gift a day for 30 days, because he mentioned this particular child at this party had that many gifts. That makes more sense if you think about it.

Giving one gift a day until their birthday gives the toddler a chance to play with any toys they receive. While he didn't mention this, then on the day of their birthday have a fun-filled party with close family members and play with the child and all the gifts they received. Makes more sense.