No, I’m not discussing recent local government elections… this is about the planning and stress of children’s social events. It’s still all politics.
Maybe you have your own tips about navigating the minefield and keeping everyone happy – if so, please leave a comment!
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6 responses so far ↓
1 Colin Brooks // 17th May 2008 at 1:59 pm
Wow, I had not thought about all this. It sounds like a lot of work for a parent just to organise a birthday party for their child. It makes total sense but it had never occurred to me before that you have to do all this.
Also at the bigging of the podcast, I don’t what triggered this but I was reminded of a book I read a while back. It’s called “May contain nuts” by John O’Farrell. It’s not related to children’s birthday parties (it’s more about all the things parents have to deal with when they have young children and mostly their schooling) but somehow it popped in my head. By the way, it is a funny book and easy to read but I don’t know if you read that sort of books.
I think, something you said made me think of some situation in the book that I can’t bring back to memory now.
2 Blue Witch // 17th May 2008 at 2:11 pm
Oh the joy of our Nanny State and American style litigation.
3 Pewari // 17th May 2008 at 2:36 pm
Colin: I’ve read that book and enjoyed it! Although I didn’t have much sympathy for the main characters, it definitely had exaggerated echoes of the issues that revolve around schooling and wanting the best for your child without really stopping to think what the best really is.
BW: scary, isn’t it. Though I think one of the issues is that in order to access insurance cover when an accident like that happens, you *have* to determine blame and sue someone to get it. There needs to be some sort of “no blame” public accident insurance for an event like that, I think.
I certainly wouldn’t hold a party at home like that anymore without getting some kind of insurance policy out :(
4 Colin Brooks // 17th May 2008 at 2:39 pm
I didn’t have any sympathy for them either. I only felt bad for the little girl who got screwed because of that mother.
5 Mis L // 17th May 2008 at 8:00 pm
The whole class!!? That would have freaked me out, but I think that this is a time when I say thank goodness I don’t have to do this wny more! But my daughter and I had an ineresting conversation about thank-you letters and she is now 30….
6 Pewari // 22nd May 2008 at 12:19 pm
Miss L: Yes, whole class was never really an option for us as our reception year had a class and a half intake! But I do know others who have gone for whole class just so no-one gets left out. The thought scares the hell out of me too!
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