To not want to have a party for ds?

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He really wants one but all the other parents are seemingly loaded and hire church halls and invite the entire class.

I don't know what to do...I'm not really friendly enough with them to ask anyone to help, either, so it would just be me and 30 kids.

Thought about having 5 or 6 of his little friends here instead, but same thing - how many kids can one adult safely deal with?

I'm rubbish at social stuff and don't know how to organise children or get them doing games etc - honestly it is like a foreign language to me.

Times like this I wish ds's father was still around.

'As for numbers, a friend of mine says the general rule is a child for every year of your child's life. '

I think that is a great idea. It amazes me that 5yr olds have huge parties and then by the time they get to 10 yrs, where it really matters to them if they get invited or not, people are down to taking a couple of friends out.