To refuse to send my child to a pirate party

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A nursery friend of my 4 yo DS is having a pirate themed birthday party. I’m planning to decline the invite as I don’t think it’s appropriate for little children, or anyone for that matter, to dress up as a pirate - it’s glorifying and sentimentalising criminal men who raped, robbed and murdered.

FFS, piracy used to carry the death penalty until recently! You wouldn’t let your child go to a Nazi themed party - I can’t see much difference!

YABU. And a party pooper of the highest order.

Cant buy nazi costumes in the supermarket

Troll.

Princesses - objectify women
Superheroes - violence
Fairies - lying to children

We must all behave as fully grown office workers with no imagination at all times. It is less fun but offends less too.

@greentulips, to be fair, I'd draw the line at a tarts and vicars party for kids!

I'm guessing you're one of those parents who doesn't allow your children to play with toy guns or play cowboys or soldiers or cops and robbers too ey?

Give your a head a wobble.

Catch yourself on op

Ooo jokes I love pirate jokes

What's a Pirates favourite letter of the alphabet?

Rrrrr

Nazis of the Caribbean anyone?

Well aren’t you an absolute fun sponge! Hopefully you’re a troll trying to create a bit of drama if not I feel for your kid 🤣

According to Horrible Histories, pirates of yore (aar, etc) ran their ships in a surprisingly democratic fashion.

Op, you would be setting your kids up as having "that parent" . Please give them a break.

At time of this post 101% of people agree YABU

You are setting your child up for a very difficult few years if you take offence at everything like this, and it must be exhausting for you

We also went to a LOT of pirate parties. He has shown no violent, criminal or far right tendencies as yet.

That would be in spite of, not because of, your actions. Who knows what kids are picking up by having a laugh and joke with a fake plastic cutlasses, pretending to kill each other!

Personally I don’t find killing people a very funny or light-hearted matter, especially for pre-school kids! Future generations will judge us.

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OP how will you cope when the 'party at Laserquest' invitation appears?

@greentulips are your kids dressing as tarts and vicars?!

Why are pirates called pirates?

Because they Arrrr.

This needs to be in classics. 10/10 OP

Catch yourself on and let the poor kid go and enjoy himself.

How funny 😁

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Who knows what kids are picking up by having a laugh and joke with a fake plastic cutlasses, pretending to kill each other!

Fake cutlasses are of course well-known to be a gateway weapon.

Future generations will judge us.

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Op you just keep on giving don’t you

Wow

@AlbusSeverusMalfoy
What's a Pirates favourite letter of the alphabet?

Rrrrr
No - 'tis the C! 😂