Your kid can't come to my party | Good and Bad Parents

How many of you have attended an adult party and someone brings their unruly child? Over the years, I have tried to find nice ways to tell people to leave their children at home. I have been direct and indirect but it never fails, someone will always bring a kid to my party. My problem is that I know too many people who have children.

I give an annual holiday party just before Christmas. It became too much to have children at the party. Space is not an issue. The issue is that parents seem to think its ok to walk into my home and not see their kid until its time to leave. The children are all over my home getting into things and places that they have no business in.

One year, I sent the evite out four weeks in advance and I put in the evite that if you could not find a sitter you could bring your well-behaved child to the party. Two days later, a couple RVSPd for three people. WTF!!! I did say that I sent out the evite four weeks before the party. So in two days time, you determined that you were not going to find a sitter for a party that is one month away.

Parents often try to get you to feel sorry for them. They will call or send a note stating that they are still looking for a sitter. They always do this before the RSVP deadline. This is annoying because I don't need to hear from you until the deadline. They are hoping that you will give in and tell them that they can bring their kid to the party.

Parents, learn to take advantage of a free night out. Don't be a cheap ass! Pay for a sitter and don't piss off your party host. I don't want your kid running around my house, especially if you are going to act like you don't have parenting responsibilities.

When you bring your kid to an adult party, you are exhibiting entitlement behavior. If your host says no kids, respect the directive. If your host does not indicate whether or not kids are welcome, the respectful thing to do is to ask. Just because you love your kid and want to be with him/her all the time, does not mean that others want to be around your kid.

Adults like to act like adults when they are in the presence of other adults. They don't want to have to sensor their conversation or actions because some selfish person brought their kid to an adult party.

I do believe that family members are exempt from the no kids at the party rule. My nieces and nephews have always been welcome at my parties because we are family. I can't say that all of my family members are as inclusive.

This year I decided to be more direct. I told parents to forgo a few starbucks for the next few weeks so that they could use the money to hire a sitter. Guess what? The only kids at the party were the ones that my kids were allowed to invite.

To all of the parents out there, don't bring your kid to an adult party unless they are invited.

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