Hi there. Just wondered if any of you could help me. My dd turns 13 in May and would like to have some kind of party. So far everything I have suggested has been fobbed off as " not what people do" e.g bowling etc. She is desperate for a sleepover with all her friends but only has a tiny room and she has two younger siblings aged 6 and 3 who share the other room. I really don't want a house full of 13 year old girls ( some of whom I don't know at all as she didn't go to primary school with them) and dd tells me that parents do not talk to friends at sleepovers and that they just sit up all night in the bedroom eating and talking and so on. I am happy for her to have one girl sleepover but she says that I am being unfair!
The only other thing she seems half sold on is the idea of a meal out with a selection of her friends ( I am thinking 6 to 8 max!!) at a restaurant so they can all get dressed up. However when I suggested me and her dad stay and have a meal at the same place eg Frankie & bennies or somewhere, but sit at a different table etc, she said the usual " no ones parents do that mum" . Am I in the dark ages here? Should I just arrange for them to be dropped off and picked up at a certain time? I have several issues - I would prefer to see what they are up to , not that I don't trust her, but the though tof them all taking endless selfies in the toilets and so on when others are out for a nice meal isn't great!! Also the money issue, if we are paying I would feel better knowing what was being ordered and be there to pay at the end, and also im not sure what dds friends parents would think about a group of them being left alone ina restaurant on an evening unsupervised? Help would be greatly appreciated!!
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Katylou1234 · 09/04/2014 14:25
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