Leaving child unattended at party

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by Geek

Screw that ####. I stay with my kids. Too many freaks. I have heard too many stories of kids getting sexually abused and these ####ers look at a busy party as an opportunity.

This thread is fascinating.

[cattitude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

This thread is fascinating.

Scary too.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by cattitude

I'm amazed my children grew up to be adults.

You know that's what pisses them off most, right? That we terrible negligent Mommies who let our children go play with friends without our direct supervision never had anything bad happen. Kids socialized and learned some independence, and never got kidnapped or molested or anything.

[cattitude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

You know that's what pisses them off most, right? That we terrible negligent Mommies who let our children go play with friends without our direct supervision never had anything bad happen. Kids socialized and learned some independence, and never got kidnapped or molested or anything.

Well, not that they told us anyway.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by cattitude

Well, not that they told us anyway.

You're probably right. I'm sure all sorts of terrible things happened to them that I never found out about. There was that one time Kyle went out to play and was gone for over a week. Maybe she was kidnapped?



Oh well. She's back now.

[FromTexas (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

You're probably right. I'm sure all sorts of terrible things happened to them that I never found out about. There was that one time Kyle went out to play and was gone for over a week. Maybe she was kidnapped?



Oh well. She's back now.

It just seemed like a week because you were busy. It took me at least a month to return her...

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by FromTexas

It just seemed like a week because you were busy. It took me at least a month to return her...

Dang. Time flies...

[Dymphna]

Once kids are in school and start having kid parties most of the parents don't need to hang out. Now, if they went to Chuck E Cheese, I'm not leaving...that place is a mad house. But the bowling alley or even Hyperspace, when it was an option, I would leave them.

The main deciding factor is did they invite my one child because ir was a kid from his class or did they invite the whole family. If the other children in the family weren't invited, then it's not appropriate to bring them, which usually means the parents won't be hanging out either.

The last party I held was in my house for a 7 year old. I told the parents they were welcome to stay or go as they pleased. The ones who stayed were either close friends of the family or friends of those friends and they all sat around the kitchen table eating the snacks while the kids were outside playing party games....if they weren't my friends, I'd have been pissed, but since they were my friends and were only there to socialize with each other, I didn't care.

[RareBreed]

It's interesting to hear both sides of the debate. If my child was invited to someone's party that I knew the parents, I have no problems leaving them. Unfortunately, the parties he's invited to are school friends who I don't know the child or the parent. When he is at home, he is normally at a neighbor's house unsupervised by me. Half the time, I'm not even sure which neighbor he's at. I walk the court and look for his bike. I trust my son completely when he's at a neighbor's house. I do not hover and he's over there for hours at a time sometimes. Parties are different because these people are strangers to me and the parties are in large crowded places where no one is probably paying attention to my child and he can either wander off or get taken. No I realize the possibility of an abduction is rare but if it happened, I'd never forgive myself.

[Christy (Premo)]

Originally Posted by RareBreed

No I realize the possibility of an abduction is rare but if it happened, I'd never forgive myself.

Kids have been abducted from their very own bedrooms. I've heard more stories about that. I don't ever recall hearing about any kid being abducted from a birthday party.