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Do you drink at or provide drinks to the adults at your children’s parties?
Often when adults attend kids’ parties, there is a license for the adults to drink; perhaps even become intoxicated. While most adults enjoy social drinking at parties with their friends, it is usually not appropriate to drink at small kids’ parties. A beer or a glass of wine isn’t a big deal at a kids party, but people have written in that adults at kids parties really can party it up to the point of acting in an embarrassing manner in front of the children.
The question was posed How can you make it clear on the invitation that this isn’t a huge drinking bash? Of course, the invitation could state Drinks will be provided. In this way, you control how much alcohol is available to your guests. You could also serve a reasonable amount of wine and beer to your guests if that is comfortable for you.
If you do not want any alcohol at the party, by stating drinks will be provided, you can serve only non-alcoholic refreshments.
Also, if people are in the habit of bringing their own drinks, this statement on the invitation will be very effective in discouraging people bringing their own.
Of course, if you don’t find this effective and people still bring their own, you can always take the alcohol and try and put it in a place where you control it being drunk. Also, if you feel someone has had too much to drink, you can quietly take them aside and suggest the next drink be a soda.
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[...] When you attend a kid’s party, it is not normally a time when adults should feel free to drink excessively. Some families may provide wine and beer to their guests, especially if it is a one-year-old’s party and mostly adults will be attending. However, a keg is over-the-top for a kid’s party, and suggests that people heavily drink during the event. Kids’ parties should not be seen as a huge drinking bash, and kegs do connotate this. It’s not appropriate, and is not a common part of most kids’ parties. [...]
[...] that people heavily drink during the event. Kids’ parties should not be seen as a huge drinking bash, and kegs do connotate this. It’s not appropriate, and is not a common part of most [...]
a few family Party’s that we attend do have alcohol. We don’t drink because we have the children.
In our home we do not serve alcohol. My brother seems to think that its ok to bring it as long as he shares. They are responsible adults who have others drive so I don’t see the problem. Party’s barely last 3 hrs so they usually head home before the lushing part start.