DD will be 4 in a few weeks, and we have planned a birthday party at an indoor soft play centre. In order to avoid the weekend scrum, the party will take place during the week, one afternoon after school is over.
There is one boy in dd's class who is TROUBLE. He usually has a time out at school most every day, knocks other children over, tears/breaks things regularly, and even bit another child recently! DD is adamant that she doesn't want this boy at her party. We haven't invited absolutely everyone in her class (those not invited are a few of the "wilder" boys), but am now feeling pangs of guilt that dd (and her friends) will be buzzing/excited about the party on the day, and this child in particular is bound to realise he's not invited. To make matters even more awkward, dd came home today with an invite to this boy's party.
Do I just live with the guilt, or invite him and figure that he'll have alot of space to burn off excess energy at the soft play centre and so shouldn't be a problem? Don't want to hurt a little boy's feelings, but also don't want the party dominated by this child's behaviour (watched him completely disrupt a party entertainer's birthday show a few weeks ago). His mum just shrugs, smiles and looks pleasantly vacant, so is no help in controlling him.
I'm asking you lot about almost everything today, so help me sort this one too please!