Child's party on Mothers Day

[birdling]

If your child was invited to a party on Mothers Day, would you accept?
Is there a particular time that would be preferable?
Thanks

Not personally, no. It’s an important day for some people so I would suspect many would decline.

We’ve just swerved holding DS2’s party that day. We don’t celebrate beyond a card and chocolates but we know others do. If we had local family we might be busy so I understand why others are.

I’d prefer if they didn’t have a party but I’d let them go.

I’d want it to be early as possible though.

I wouldn’t want to and would resent it as it’s a family day to me

Probably not because Mother’s Day for us is about fitting a lot of people in, my mum, MIL, a dinner, maybe a breakfast, there’d be no time, id have to say no

I'd accept yes. I don't expect anything and my dc love parties so 🤷🏻‍♀️.
Also if they wanted to give me something I'm sure it could be fitted in?

Wouldn't bother me but I'd avoid lunch and dinner time because people may be going out for food with their parents.

Personally no but it's just because we make a big thing about Mothers Day.

And my mum would be seriously fucked off if I arrived at a restaurant for a mother’s day dinner without one of the kids. She’d want to see all of them on Mother’s Day, we take photos for prosperity at occasions like that.

I'd accept. It wouldn't cross my mind not to.

Yes. We don't make a big fuss about mother's day.

Do you make cash out of them SisterA?

Out of the photos or the kids? I don’t get it 😂

I think it depends on time, location and type of party. 10-11:30am at a village hall where all kids likely to be local and could be dropped and left would be fine round here as people could do lunch/afternoon visits after. But a 2-4pm at a farm 30mins from your local area where parents have to stay probably not so great. We have Sunday lunch with my family on Mothers Day but that would easily fit round a local party but not anything more involved.

SisterAgatha it was a comment on the use of prosperity rather than posterity!

Dappled beat me to it -

We accepted an invite to one a couple of years ago. It was a whole class party and it is a small class - it was irritating to be honest. My husband took his mother out with the other DC and I sat in a hellish soft play for 2hours

Yes I would take them, they are children, I would find it selfish to refuse an invite just so I can make the day all about me, and I know my mum would feel the same and not want them to miss the party.

Yes I would take dd to a party on mother's day.
Personally I hate mother's day and avoid it at all costs.

Yes, I would have accepted (and indeed, have done, over the years) but I would probably avoid hosting one / arranging one, as I know there are quite a lot of families that wouldn't go.

I think lots of people plan to see family on Mothering Sunday and would reasonably be expected to refuse the invitation.

It feels a bit odd to refuse if you aren't busy though.

I would accept.
However, we've previously avoided booking DC1's party on Mother's Day, as I do know plenty of people who travel to visit grandparents that day.

If its only for an hour or two .I would go ,Can do lots of other things in the time after/before anyway .(Maybe have a lovely bath /lie in while party going on !)

Yes. But if you want to plan a party for that day you should be aware that many families do make plans, and make sure you get invitations out nice and early.

Why not? Why stop your children having a social life to be selfish?