6pm is ridiculous right?

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Just received an invite for a 5 years olds party. 6pm at a social club.

AIBU to assume this is an adults piss up rather than a child's party?

I know the UK is obsessed with kids getting up between 5 and 6am, but it's actually quite nice when they don't

Right? The British are pretty crazy about early bedtimes, as I've learnt well from this website.

If my kid stays up late on a weekend it's fine. We can all have a lie-in the next day!

Most babies/kids here don't go to be anywhere near 6 or 7pm even on a normal day anyway, and their behaviour/development in general is no different to British children.

How do your kids do beavers or rainbows if they don’t go out past 6?

I was barely in the door at that time. As a one off it won’t do any harm.

Why are so many posters criticising 7pm bedtimes? If it doesn't suit you or your kids fair enough, but if other people's kids are shattered by then and ready for bed what's the problem? And why would they be missing out on fun? Can't fun be had earlier in the day?

Have you been invited to babysit?

Sorry missed ur last post

Maybe a bit late for a 5yo party as there will be kids still 4 in a reception class.

DS had his 6th birthday at a kids (5-12yo) disco at a club but all his classmates were already 6 or 7. It was 6-9pm on a Friday night.

Apart from whether or not the time is reasonable surely the social club will not have a bar open where the party is being held e.g. separate room. Are all parents expected to attend and stay too? I would not allow child to go if alcohol is going to be available during party.

But posters further up - in our case anyway, my problem is that however late my DS stays up, HE STILL GETS UP AT 6AM! Without fail. So it’s not that I wouldn’t like to keep him up late and then get a lie in - it just doesn’t happen! So although I would let him stay up late for a party, there’s nothing particularly tempting or advantageous about it for me! As he gets a bit older I hope he will be able to do later activities eg Beavers but it wouldn’t work right now.

Yes you can decline. You might want to be slightly vague but yes you can decline

Just decline and offer to have your niece another time?

They might have put 6 till late on your invite as you are friends and are having a family party for the night but other school friends may have a set home time. My dd went to a party recently 6-8 but the party went on after for family and friends it was just the Mum didn’t want to be responsible for other children after 8. I think that’s pretty reasonable. If it’s a weekends then I don’t see it as a problem. Obviously you would stay and you both might have a nice time!

I remember attending late parties as a child, where we were expected to stay up or try and sleep on the chairs. I always hated it. (And as an adult I have no desire to stay up late at a party.)

My DD's bedtime is between 7pm and 8pm. Much later than than she turns ratty. And there would certainly be no lie in the next day. She would be up at the same time and grumpy for the rest of the day.

My DS bedtimes are between 7 and 8 weeknights and 9ish weekends but they can be up late if it is a special occasion. All DS2 birthdays have been big bbqs from 4 til late with parents drinking and kids dozing on sofas if needed, he loves his birthday and DS1 is jealous he is a winter baby. If you don’t want to go, don’t go, it’s not a difficult choice.

I'd go for a bit, leave at 7.30/8 and get kids to bed

I would never have a kids party that was over two hours, or one that wasn't timetabled in some way. Otherwise the kids go feral. My dd would be fine as her bedtime has never been earlier than 8pm (that's a whole thread on its own) but for kids whose bedtime is 6 or 7pm it seems a little crazy. I'd go, just to watch the whole thing go feral as all the overtired kids start breaking the place up.