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What’s In YOUR Sippy Cup?
I happened across one of the most hilarious set of fathers alive and practicing on the net: DadLabs.com. They’ve been blogrolled too—> Really, they’re just that funny.
Anyway, I’m borrowing a debate from them because, well, mostly because I find it a pretty stupid debate.
Should you or should you not have drinks at your kids birthday party? Drinks meaning adult drinks.
I just don’t see the debate. I think the issue comes into play when you define “birthday party.” There’s basically two types:
1) From age 1 to about age 4 or 5 you have a party with your family, and this is a somewhat a shared party (adults and kids) because their aunts and uncles and your adult friends are showing up, most likely with their own toddlers in tow. So while the kiddos crawl around on the lawn, or destroy your yard, chances are your gathered around the grill/in the kitchen yakking with your friends and siblings. Most likely your enjoying a fruity adult beverage in moderation.
Fast forward a couple years:
2) As the self sacrificing parent you are, you now allow your child’s schoolmates to be dropped off at your house/the bowling alley/Chuck E Cheese, and you pretty much cater to them for two hours. You miss your siblings, friends and the backyard grill out, but such are the trappings of having an older child. Since you are now in charge of seven 8 year olds, you forgo the alcohol. Even though you badly need it. ;}
I guess the debate isn’t much of a debate in my opinion. Thoughts?
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My family has been celebrating birthdays for the young ones since 1981 and I do not recall never not having drinks. We have now only have six parties a year since some have advanced to adulthood (amazing)and we still have drinks and at my brothers house four times a year we have a bondfire. One of his daughters is July 2 and we have drinks, bondfire and fireworks.
We all have fun and the kids all play together. Of course, our holidays all with drinks as well. Um, I see a pattern. LOL.
This is a great post and I would like to see other view points.