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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3 kids. For my 2 older kids, we had small parties and not one person brought a sibling. Some dropped off. Many stayed.

I’m having an all class party for my kindergarten child [b]at a public place[/b]. I would rather you not come than bring a sibling. [b]I have a space problem as is.[/b] Unless you are a close friend, I don’t want your toddler.[/quote]

If you’re in a public place, what are you going to do with all the randos who also happen to be in your public space that day? I don’t understand what sort of space issue you are concerned about in a public venue (unless you paid to rent the whole place in which case it’s no longer open to the public). Presumably you are paying for X number of kids and have a party room for pizza/cake for X number of kids. If Y kids show up and don’t eat your food or otherwise require you to pay for them or count toward your package total, then you don’t need to worry about those Y number of kids whether they are a sibling or not.

I’ve never brought an uninvited sibling to a party before (aside from a non mobile infant in carrier back in the day). But I don’t see why anyone would care if a sibling happens to be in the same venue, but kept separate from the party. Please explain why you give a crap if a toddler runs around a public play place that happens to be related to one of your party guests?

I swear some of you just make up stuff to get upset about.

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My venue is public but the party room is for 24 kids. My child has 22 kids in her class and I have 3 children. Party venue does not allow outside food or drinks. That is why I have a space problem. I invited everyone because I didn’t want to leave 5-6 kids out.[/quote]

But if mom and toddler aren’t attending your party and are out in the public area the same as any other random person from the public who could walk into your venue, why do you care? If the mom lets the toddler try to join in the party room and expects them to be served food, then that is a different scenario than what OP described.

I’ve been to plenty of kids birthday parties and I could 100% envision a 6 year old being off with the the bigger kids at like a play place while mom + toddler hang out in the toddler play area. Usually the party rooms have big windows, so she could keep an eye out for the 6 year old or let the kid know she’s right outside if he needs anything.

Sorry but you can’t control who comes to a public venue and I think it’s weird you would even care. So long as mom doesn’t expect the toddler to join in the party activities, it really has no effect on your life whatsoever. [/quote]

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