So, we have arranged for a family with kids to come over for a day in November. We are friends with the adult and our DD is friends with their kids and has been for years, in terms of us spending time together as 2 families. It's been quite difficult to find a date that works for us all.
Now DD has received an invitation to a friends birthday party mid afternoon on the same day. She would love to go, but it would mean taking her away from home straight after lunch and leaving the 2 kids of the visiting family without a 'host child' if you see what I mean.
I feel it's an important lesson to learn that we stick with our original arrangements and don't blow people out when a better offer comes along. Realise it's a bit tricky when children don't always make their own arrangements, but think it's an important lesson to learn. Do you think I've been unreasonable and DD should be allowed to go?