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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  Nothing in our house is valuable enough to worry about.  I can’t imagine having a $20,000 sofa that mattered more than the guests.  [/quote]

+1. Part of having kids is that you don't have nice things.  At least for a while.[/quote]

Totally disagree that part of having kids means not having nice things. I raise my kids to only eat food in the kitchen at the table, to clean up spills when they happen, to be careful of how they fling their bodies around, to not climb or jump on furniture, and to be respectful of other people's things when a guest in their homes. [/quote]

We have nice, but comfortable, furniture in our house. (Definitely not a $20k sofa!). We have it because I don't want to live with crappy things, but I also don't get upset if something happens to it. We host parties a lot with kids and they will sometimes break/ruin/stain things. I don't think it's ever intentional (or if it was done on purpose it was an age-appropriate mistake, like coloring on something you're not supposed to when you're a toddler), it's generally a total accident that could happen to anyone (spilling something when your foot gets caught on the rug) or just things that kids sometimes do. To me, it's worth the enjoyment of having friends over, but I know other people don't feel the same way and that's ok. It's one of the reasons we host. We also have dogs, and they do stupid stuff (I can't tell you how many rugs we have been through!), and I just consider it part of the life we choose to lead. [/quote]

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