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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Np. We invited kids and I think kids make a wedding. It’s also a chance to teach kids how to behave at such events.

I think the no kids trend started as a way to cut numbers / costs. [/quote]

Everyone I know who didn't invite kids largely did so because they couldn't trust the kids to behave (or the parents to parent and manage their kids) 
It's cute until a bratty kid topples the wedding cake or ruins the first dance.  And if you think as a parent "but Johnny didn't mean to, he's only 3 and he's so cute" rather than, "I should have managed my kid or not brought him to this event" you are the one with an issue.

I love kids, but I hate poorly behaved kids who are not parented.  And I'm smart enough to know that 4pm onwards is the witching hour and the cranky hour for any kid under 5.  So yeah, I'm happy when I could leave my 4 yo with a babysitter and go to a 3pm wedding and reception and not have to stress about the kid being miserable, tired, and bored.

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This. Who wants to drag young children across multiple states to then have them sit through a ceremony and finally a late dinner where speeches  last far too long. The entire event is disregulating for little kids - travel, long day, late dinner, lots of people, potentially non kid friendly food and then finally cake and dancing just as the kids are crashing. I also do not understand why an aunt would feel the need to speak with a nice or nephew about inviting their first cousins once removed (her grandchildren) to a wedding. [/quote]

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