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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I don't know the parents then this is a great opportunity to get to know them. Depending on the location and time of the party I have seen parents that stay, even if its a [u]drop off party at age 8[/u]. For playdates and parties if I don't know the parent, I arrive, drop off kid talk with the parents, help with the party set up and decide at that point if I will stay or go. Sometimes there is a nice social gathering for parents going on and I enjoy gettting to know everyone. Sometimes I'm one of the few that is staying. For us I'd rather use it as a way to meet other kids and parents. [/quote]

Oh, God.  I hate you.  There is always one at every one of my kid's parties.  They're 8.  Or even 9.  I don't have time for you, I'm busy.  I don't want to entertain you.  None of the other parents are staying, it's obvious.  It's not a social gathering for other parents or I would have written that on the invitation. There is nothing to help with, you're just in the way and you are clearly just interfering with your helicoptering.  By the way, your kid is embarrassedby it.

Just don't accept the invitation if you can't leave him alone for 3 hours on a Saturday afernoon.  [/quote]

So if the party is in some far off location where there no place to go get a coffee, the weather is bad so you can't go for a walk and it will take just as long to drive home and back again you'd still be angry for parents staying? I see most parents that stay at these things don't expect to be feed and certainly aren't helicopter parenting. They'd rather not be there but also don't have another place to go. Typically they hang out together, help if they can, stay out of the way they just don't feel like driving around all afternoon. CHILL![/quote]

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