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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good grief!  Everybody seems so greedy.  The only given food for a birthday party is cake.  Ice cream, pizza, chips, etc., are nice extras.  If she was doing a birthday party starting at a meal time it would be reasonable to expect a meal.

She's having the party at a laser tag/bounce house venue.  I don't know why she's being accused of being cheap.  These places are not cheap to throw a party.  I don't know the specific location she's considering, but I've been to similar places and the food is truly awful.  I suspect the kids would rather have time to play than eat.

This is not a dinner party.  It is not obligatory to feed a hungry child coming from another activity or going to another activity.  Feed your child lunch at lunch time and dinner at dinner time.  If your child is that hungry, swing through a drive-thru.[/quote]

Dinner time for some kids is 5 PM.  My kids usually have a full meal after school around 4PM.  If it becomes a hassle and there is no food, we either skip it or just leave early.  Common decency is to have food.  [/quote]

It's fine that your kids typically eat a meal at 4pm but you have to realize most people do not consider 4pm dinner time (or lunch time) & shouldn't expect others to feed them a meal at that time. If they have play dates at another children's homes after school, do you expect the hosts to serve them a full meal at 4?[/quote]

We're in activities after school every day and on Saturday.  Kid wants to do Sunday but we need a day off.  But, if a child was at my house and hungry, I would feed them a meal.  If I was feeding my kid, I would automatically feed both kids.  Its one thing if a parent cannot afford it, but if you can and don't feed my kid, my kid is never going with you again.  For us, it made no sense to heavily snack, then dinner.  It worked better to do dinner, activity, then snack, bed.  Kids get hungry outside of meal times, especially if they are active.  I'd never let a child go without.  I, at a minimum, expect a healthy snack with water or milk.[/quote]

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