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hi folks,
lechacal,
I had a party at littlelegion’s dojo last year.
Invitations were sent, parents were expected to stick around while the kids were inside the training space taking turns practicing roundhouse head kicks on each other.
First off, some parents who never bothered to respond, showed up at the last minute without a word. WTF?
Second, most parents didn’t even come in, they dropped their kids off and sped off burning rubber.
Third, I ended up playing baby sitter to a bunch of 6 and 7 year olds who were in various states of distress due to not playing enough, not eating enough, not drinking enough or wanting to go to the bathroom.
Fourth, I ended up having to wait for some parents to pick up their kids because they thought the end time was a “suggested” end time. Hello! Party space is strictly enforced on time at these places.
…next time, it’s cake and a sponge bob pinata in the backyard.
If I remember, jackal, 5 is in the nether world of drop/no drop. But you are right, it is definitely in the realm of “ask before you drop.” I think for our daughter’s 5th, there were some pre-cleared drops. By 6, we were happy to get the other parents out of there so we didn’t have to feed and entertain them.
Also, definitely some stubbed toes, allergy attacks, and other assorted injuries at b-day parties in our little circle. I don’t know of any lawsuits, and that’s with a bunch of lawyers in the parent circle. You must be hanging around with the wrong crowd.
I just want to reiterate that soccer is the dumbest sport ever. Final score of 1-1? That’s just gay.
I hope team America loses the next game so people here will lose interest in the world cup and I won’t have to keep holding my tongue while listening to predictable park slope idiots saying things like “soccer is the global sport”.
I have a new personal policy: every time I hear an American call the sport “football” and act like that makes him worldly I’m gonna punch him in the nuts.
Obviously it’s different if you’re English. The sport is actually called football in England, so if you’re actually English you get to call it football.
Anyone hit up Brooklyn Pride on Saturday?
Never seen so many lezzies in one place in my life! A couple super hot ones, but there were more than a handful who I mistook for men.
But Etson, you’re English. Here is America if some kid stubs his toe you’re gonna get sued.
5th b-day party. Definitely too young for parents to assume drop-off OK. And no one puts “no drop off” on the invites. The standard is if the invite affirmatively says drop off then it’s OK.
When you get to 7 or older it’s safer to assume drop-off OK even if the invitation doesn’t say it. But even then you should ask BEFORE you are actually dropping your kid off and obviously have other plans.
maybe take it as a compliment that they trust you as babysitter.
Parenting must have changed. All parties were ‘drop off’ when my sister and I were kids. Never said so on the invitations because it was understood.
What’s the age group, lech? When kids are young & ‘rents do the drop-off it’s usually because they know the kids are a pita & want a break (& concomitantly, they’re the kids who most need to be watched).