“A lot of parents demand that their kids be included in every invitation they get. An adult inner party. ‘Well, I’m not coming unless I can bring my kids.’ ‘You what? You want to bring the kids?’”
That has always bugged the hell out of me, too. I’m a childless boomer, and the way my co-workers and friends worshipped and deferred to their kids was unbelievable. Kids “turned out” better when they were to be seen and not heard, and were reminded of their place in the household.
If the kids are well behaved, then I don’t have any problems that the parents bring them. But what kids are well behaved?
The parents probably don’t want to pay for a babysitter