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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]did we ever find out that the hostess called them "mocktails"?

or is that just OP calling them that.

OP, don't be this mom.  your daughter will most likely rebel, if not now, in college.  At most, decline invites but don't engage like this with the other mom.  Talk with your therapist about this.  I struggle to with my DD who is my oldest (not about this but other things) but it isn't fair to freak out over this.

I'll never forget being punished for swimming at a birthday party (in clothes and they weren't fancy)    Everyone for fun jumped in.  My dad was irate and I was grounded at 10/11 for the rest of the weekend.  Just for being fancy free and having fun.  I had to stress out over every little thing after that and hid sooo much[/quote]

OP here - yes the mom told the girls they had mocktail options to pick from while getting hair, make up, and nails done. Explained what mocktails were to the girls who didn’t know. [/quote]

Yeah, not cool. They get enough encouragement from media and peers. [/quote]

I guess my husband and I, along with our neighbors and friends are all terrible parents.  When we get together, we always make a version of our alcoholic drink for the kids, and there are usually between 10-20 kids in each get together.  So if we make margaritas, Caipirinhas or pina coladas, we'll make one virgin drink version for each kid.  They love it.  Last time my friend made a delicious virgin sangria for the kids while we drank wine.  Seriously, lighten up people.[/quote]

Gross. That reminds me of when people throw proms for preschoolers and get them all dolled up. Trashy. Let kids be kids. Some things are reserved for adults. Why do parents have such a hard time with that? Boundaries. [/quote]

So making the kids the same festive drink as the parents is not letting kids be kids?  Interesting.  We do something similar at our family get togethers.   Huge family, lots of kids, and we mix grape juice with carbonated water for them when we drink wine or champagne so that we can all make a toast.  I'm pretty sure all our kids are healthy kids.  I'm actually going to copy the PPs idea of making them virgin pina coladas, I'm sure they'll love it this summer!
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