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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all are ridiculous. Are you really telling someone she shouldn’t bring her 2.5 year old to a PUBLIC PLACE?

OP - if your six year does not require you to be in their sight at all times, take and pay for your toddler, and do not give this a second thought. Do not take your younger child into the party room. [/quote]

Because what will happen is the host will see mom and 2.5 year old and not want to be rude and will reluctantly invite them to join in. Or maybe enthusiastically, it all depends. Are you saying you would ignore a birthday party guests mom and sibling if you knew full well they were there? The invited kid will probably be interacting with his mom at some point and a host overseeing the kids will likely notice. It sets up a potentially awkward situation. Even in a public place.[/quote]

Join in what? Pizza and cake? OP can just say “no thank you”. And no, I would not ignore OP, but I also do not order pizza and cake to the slice.

I think the venue matters - hand wringing over a venue that will have hundreds of kids running throughout is ridiculous. If this were a small private party at a bakery to decorate cakes or something my answer would be different.[/quote]

Well, just like the party favor hater can say "no thank you" neither she nor her kids do. We all know that someone would jump at the offer if it were made. And it's not just one family but multiple families might do this. Which is why people can't make it a free for all "siblings welcome!"[/quote]

Again, it’s a place with 100s of kids running around. Who cares if people pay for and entertain their own kids in a public place? You all are ridiculous and controlling telling people not to being their other kids somewhere like this. [/quote]

It’s clear you have little experience with kid parties and how this actually plays out.[/quote]

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