'My youngest was recently invited to a birthday party and the contract read like something out of a third-year law class. I wanted my daughter to go to her friend’s birthday — I just didn’t want to risk losing my house so that she could attend.' | CBCKids
PHOTO © darby/Twenty20I love it when my kids are invited to birthday parties and I get to discover all of the crazy options I never had.
My youngest was recently invited to a birthday party and the contract that was attached to the invitation read like something that came out of a third-year law class. Would I waive my moral rights to any pictures taken? Would I hold the organization harmless? Would I pay their legal fees if a third party happened to sue them for something my child may or may not have done?
And I’m not even talking about the waivers needed for trampoline parks or rock-climbing gyms either. The party my youngest was invited to was fairly tame — gathering in a party room where they would eat some cake and do some activities. I wanted my daughter to go to her friend’s birthday party — I just didn’t want to risk losing my house so that she could attend. Yes, I know boilerplate contracts are all the rage, but do we really need contracts for kids’ birthday parties? Whatever happened to common sense and common courtesy?
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