Our daughter is in second grade, and would like to invite her favorite classmates to her birthday party. Unfortunately, we can't afford to invite all of the children, as we have a large group of friends outside of the classroom/school who are likewise invited (and who have already RSVP'd yes). My daughter is so excited about her party that she's been talking about it at school, and (unfortunately) already told three of her classmates that she would invite them. I'm concerned about how this will make the other children feel, and how her teacher will feel about it as well. I've asked my daughter to stop inviting classmates, and to stop bragging about the party at school, but wonder how to proceed with the three already verbally invited. I suspect they will talk about the party afterward and it will hurt the feelings of others, or cause jealousy.

What would you do in this situation? Should we rescind the three verbal invites, explaining that we can't invite all and don't want to hurt anyone's feelings who can't come? Please advise!