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My daughters 7th birthday is in a few weeks and she wants to have a slumber party.
She wants to invite her friends from the neighborhood and the girls from her class last year. Here is my question...there are some friends from last years class in her class this year and there are some new girls that she did not know/know well until this school year because they are classmates.
Should I invite the girls she does not know well? I hate the thought of any of the girls being left out but I do not want to deal with a child wanting to go home in the middle of the night because they are not comfortable in new surroundings.
This is a small private school with only 14 children per class and half of those are girls so they would definitely find out if they were not invited.
Any suggestions??
Last edited by mrstewart; 09-17-2008 at 05:22 PM..
I would invite them all for a party with the option of spending the night. For those who just want the party, their parents could pick them up at a designated time.
i would invite the whole group of girls from the class as well as your daughters friends.
but speak with the parents as well. and make sure they understand that this is a slumber party. if they dont want the kids to spend the night, they can pick them up(which sucks).
i think communication with the classmates parents will do the trick here.
Be cautious about mixing friend groups at this age. It is a lot of responsibility for a seven year old to mingle among two groups who don't know each other (some adults don't do this well). You might be better off with a class slumber party and a small neighborhood party. I allowed my daughter to have an "old friends/new friends" slumber party when she was nine and it was challenging for her as the little hostess.
A slumber party at 7? I wasn't aware of it that young.
You are brave!
The slumber party was not my idea, but I guess you had probably figured that out by now
Thanks for all of your input. You all have great points and I really need to mull it over in my head.
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