Children At Wedding Reception
While I love the children in our family, one is just a "punk" ( to put it in plain terms). What do you do if the punk is your future sister-law`s 9 year old son? There is always drama with this family when he misbehaves and it seems to take over whatever event/ holiday we are celebrating. What do you do when it`s really only one child you`re worried about? I`m worried about him knocking over some of our elderly guests or just causing drama in general. Trouble is he has a 7 and 14 year old sister that are just great. What do you do? Also, we are having our reception around a pool so the under 5 set won`t be attending for safety`s sake.
Posted by missy; updated 08/24/07
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Hi Missy:
This is a hard situation. Obviously, your nephew-to-be has some troubles - possibly ADHD. What I would do would be to have your fiancee speak with his sister and explain that you do NOT want any drama with the nephew at the wedding. Is there someone to sit with him during the ceremony and occupy him during the reception? You need to get the members of your husband-to-be`s family involved in this. Good luck!
Posted by Gail; updated 08/25/07
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I was worried about the same thing for my wedding. What we did was we designated an area for children only and hired a few people to organize and implement activities. Dinner went a lot smoother without the children and after dinner we gave the children the option to join us but they were all having so much fun, none of them wanted to.
I also think it should be your fiance job to talk to the parents of the child. This is your day and it shouldn`t be ruined by anyone.
Posted by angel; updated 08/25/07
