A recent survey of 2,000 parents with kids ages 3-12 found 73% say their youngsters are not so easy to impress. Shutterstock A new year of birthday planning is fast approaching — but some ...

Like many kids who grew up in the ’80s, I went to a few friends’ and classmates’ birthday parties every year, and they were mostly simple, thrown-together affairs.

The cost of a child's birthday party is still high – and the price tag for parents likely escalates as their kids gets older, a new survey suggests. Parents spend, on average, $314 on a child's ...