While the trend of over-the-top children’s birthday parties had been rising in the past few years, the recession put the breaks on super-pricey fetes for the pediatric set, MSNBC reported. “Party planners and parents around the country have seen a pullback, though they agreed some will always take kids birthdays over the top,” MSNBC reported. “David Tutera, a New York-based event planner, said his clients still want to have parties, but they’re not making them quite so lavish.” (February 2010)