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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a multitude of reasons why we pay $500+ for birthday parties for the kids.

- [b]Parks [/b]are unpredictable, they can be crowded, the grounds can be [b]muddy[/b], there is a lot of setup and take down. [b]Wind, sun, sweat, bugs, dogs, dirty bathrooms[/b], etc. No.

- At home is great except for the liability. We have a pool and a huge yard, we can certainly rent some yard game activity equipment. But [b]I will not want any kids to get hurt on my property.[/b] I will gladly pay for the insurance of renting someone else's facilities. Our kids are well behaved in our home, but [b]I do not want to risk breaking valuables [/b]due to a ton of kids running around. And again, the setup, take down, clean up, trash, pee on the powder room floor. No.

- I want to expose my kids to the feeling of a big party/celebration. When they were young, we had small intimate family-only birthday parties. We still celebrate each of their birthdays separately in private like that, but it's important for them to not miss out on the feeling and atmosphere of large parties. After they've gone to a couple of large parties of their friends, they want to experience the same thing on their own birthdays.

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You sound like a barrel of laughs.

Why did you have kids?[/quote]

I have to agree. I cannot imagine living my life like this, scared of wind, sun and sweat...[/quote]

And lawsuits.

So I guess PP never has anyone at her house other than immediate family?[/quote]

Friends, family, business partners, co-workers, kids we are familiar with, parents of kids we are familiar with, neighbors, etc. My kids have some friends at school that they are close with and invite to birthday parties. We are not familiar with them, not familiar with their parents. I am not comfortable that the first time they come to our home is during a [b]chaotic birthday party[/b].

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Chaos is a choice.

We limit the number of guests to the age the birthday child is turning - so a turning-6yo invites six guests.  No chaos.  Just a nice time.[/quote]

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