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Anonymous
| My coworkers and I were having a conversation recently about alcohol at children's birthday parties. We've always had a alcohol at my son's parties for the adults. We've done a brunch every year for the past three birthdays, and the mimosas are usually flowing freely. Some coworkers agreed with it and others thought it was unheard of. Thoughts? |
Anonymous
| We had some beers and wine available for the adults at my son's 3rd birthday party. We purchased enough so everyone could have maybe 2 beers or 2 glasses of wine - not quantities aimed at getting people trashed. It was much appreciated - how else do you expect adults to handle a house full of 10+ toddlers?? |
Anonymous
| OP here. My thoughts exactly. Plus, I think my divorced parents might suffer greatly being at the same party together without some alcohol. People in my office were quite divided on whether or not it was appropriate. |
Anonymous
| I think it's fine. We're not talking about getting trashed her, or even tipsy. We're talking about offering an adult a beer while they hang out at a house full of kids for a couple of hours. |
Anonymous
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Yup. We always serve alcohol and also at baby showers!
Now once it's drop off the kiddos for a party age - yeah, probably not. 
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Anonymous
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is it even serious? do you really need alcohol to have fun?
i'm not against alcohol but if you NEED it to have fun it's sign of a very serious problem. |
Anonymous
| I'm with 16.57. I'm no teetotaler but I thought this was a joke. Maybe it is. |
Anonymous
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Maybe it's because I'm from Wisconsin and Wisconsin is a beer drinking state (you can buy pitchers of beer ON CAMPUS at UW-Madison) but everyone I knew served light alcohol at their kids birthday parties-at least at parties where the adults hung around.
I had beer and wine at my DD's first and second birthdays, but both birthday parties were for close friends (of us parents) and family only. I probably won't have alcohol once we start having parties with school friends. |
Anonymous
| It makes more sense maybe at parties where two adults will be there so one can be the designated driver. (Yes, drunk driving rules still apply during the day!) |
Anonymous
| Nobody said you NEED to have alcohol to have fun. And it's up to the adult guests whether they want to have a beer of not. I'm all for it! |
Anonymous
At a child's birthday party filled with screaming 4 year olds? yes, i think i would need booze to make that, if not fun, at least bearable. |
Anonymous
you need to put life in perspective here... who is supposed to have fun at a 4yo birthday party? and if a bunch of kids running around for a couple of hours makes you feel like getting drunk you do have a problem. or not and you should never had become a parent. |
Anonymous
Well, I wouldn't serve one to the children but see nothing wrong with serving them to adults. As a matter of fact, I would appreciate your kind consideration of adults, as chidren's birthday parties are boring and tedious. |
Anonymous
| I'm for it! |
Anonymous
| Granted my DD is only two, but we've had alcohol at each of her birthday parties so far and plan to have it at her next one. In fact, we've even had some playdate happy hours. All of the invitees happen to be in the neighborhood so drunk driving isn't an issue, but regardless I haven't seen anyone get drunk yet. Kind of interesting though that all the people opposed to the idea assume that drinking alcohol always leads to drunkeness... |