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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure what you are asking. We have done bday parties and said explicitly "siblings welcome" and other times were silent but some people brought siblings. Like some PPs, overall I like to because the subs are often close in age to my other kid and in preschool days I knew the families and the siblings.

Usually people are not bringing all the siblings even if it's allowed. Parties conflict with other commitments, naps, the venue/event may not be fun for certain ages etc. it's a mix. But we have chosen venues and invite lists based on wanting to welcome siblings.[/quote]

OP here. I have 3 kids and have thrown a lot of parties over the years. When my kids were younger and in preschool, siblings were often included. I had 2 kids close together in age and I didn’t really care if I took one kid, both kids or the whole family. DH was happy to stay back with our other kid(s).

[b]It just seems like some families on DCUM and in real life want or expect the entire family to be invited when there is an all class party[/b]. I should have specified that this is elementary school.

I actually didn’t have all class parties for my older kids when they were this age. It would have been too many people so I only invited their actual friends or just the one sex.

This is the last all class party I throw ever. [/quote]

There are always some people with strong views and they are often the loudest. I thought this was a clear difference between preschool and elementary - I have not seen sibs at all-class parties K onward unless they were invited (in our case I often reach out to families we know where their sib knows ours and let them know their other kid is welcome). As others have said I also leave wiggle room in case 1-2 kids show up unexpectedly. But I haven't seen large #s of sibs.[/quote]

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