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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. At 9 and 11 they are old enough to help.  Family is important. [/quote]

Good grief. The three-year-old won't remember or care whether older sibling was even there, much less whether sibling "helped." She will not care that he didn't make it back in time to sing Happy Birthday to her. Even when she's older, she will be more interested in her friends at her parties than her brothers.

OP, please let your older kid be with his peers at his friend's party. It will NOT damage his relationship with his little sister, nor will it turn him into a kid who thinks family is not important.

Take care that you don't expect older siblings always or often to do whatever best accommodates the youngest. That will only make them resentful of her and of you. And neither should she be dragged along to their activities or made to go to their events every time. Support each other at big events? Of course. Have to attend each others' parties only because "family is important"? Nope. [/quote]

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