Seriously, don't you remember the days where your parents just dropped you off at a birthday party and the hosts were the ones who supervised the kids?
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We have been to lots of 5yr parties and the parents still stay but I do think 5-6 is probably when you can drop off and leave
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I didn't really start attending non-family birthday parties until elementary school, and I don't remember my mom ever hanging around at them, unless she was god friends with their mom or something.
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Preschool but only if 1.) the parents are the ones to initiate the idea of you dropping them off and 2.) your child is familiar with the parents. C recently attended one of his daycare friend's party and they specifically let me know that we were welcome to drop C off as they had a plethora of adults in town to supervise if we wanted. C also knows them well because the kid's grandmother comes in every single week to read stories with his class. In that situation, I would be comfortable dropping him off and leaving but since I didn't know the parents well, I took the opportunity to stay and get to know them some.
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J1 is in the 1st grade. This has been this first year that parents have had drop off parties. I would say 50% or so have been that way.
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I think elementary school, just for the parents' sake. I think that's when they start following directions better and I wouldn't feel as bad leaving LO with potentially flustered parents.
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5 years old. Before then most of the parties I have attended are still attended by family friends and their kids.
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I never went to a birthday party unattended as a child. I suspect this might be a cultural or family preference?
My oldest just went to his first solo party this year {sixth grade} but had been asking for some time.
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I'm pretty sure as soon as I was in Kindergarten (aged 4) my mom stopped being there when I went to friends' houses, including birthday parties. This is why I could only invite 5 people to my party, so my parents wouldn't have to watch more kids than that.
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I just went to one this weekend and a few kids were dropped off. It was at a play gym, though, so no real extra work for the hosts. I stayed with my DD. The kids are 4.
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My DD is 5, and all of the parties are still parent-attended. I expect that to change next year, though, but we'll see. Since she has a peanut allergy, I may actually opt to stay to check out the food situation.
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Kindergarden, I dropped my niece off at a party for her friend, it would have been weird if I stayed!
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i think age 5!
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I don't think I attended a bday party alone until 3rd or 4th grade! I think it will always depend on the situation and if I trust the other parents enough to leave my child alone.
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