Should children attend weddings?

I think if it is getting so expensive and formal that you cannot invite the children of your friends and relatives you need to take a step back and ask yourself why you're spending so much money. People are way to frivolous with spending these days.

I think that kids could be allowed for the first part of the wedding and then when the "drinking" starts go home with a babysitter or someone else. This is what was always done for me. When it comes to the meals, kids will never eat that amount of food and all weddings i have been to has had special food for the kids, not nearly as expensive but more appreciated =) If the bride and groom just doesnt want kids at their wedding then we will have to accept that. It is their day and they are deciding everything,

Personally I will suggest children are better not to attend the wedding because if they are too young, parents won't have much fun while baby-sitting them. If the children are more or less 7 years old, they won’t discipline themselves for more than 3 hours, which may interrupt the whole ceremony. If the children are already teenagers, the cost can be high.

I think it is up to the bride and goom is children are invited. I think with heavey drinking and having the wedding at expencive places sometimes it is not appropiate to have children. I feel if people are offended that they cannot take their children then they do not need to be their. A lot of the time you see children running all over the place at gatherings like this. I do not believe children should be let to raom or run where ever then want to. My children where to remain in their chairs or I know what table they where sitting at, they where not running all over the joint. I have seen terrible accidents with plates and waiters because of running children. Do you want that at your wedding? I do not. I agree some places are ment for children.

I think children should be go to weddings because its a good experience for them to go to them I know when I was a kid and I went to one I enjoyed it a lot but I dont see anything wrong with inviting kids to weddings its a part of life and they should experience it because one day there going to have a wedding.

well children should be allowed to attend weddings , its there wish and i think that children enjoy weddings seeing people getting married etc. as they do on every occasion. As for the heavy drinking, i think it should be avoidable if people drink that much and they should not be done in front of children.

Well this topic vaires places tp places!! In my coutry we still invite kids in weddings. Otherwise how will they learn the tradition ...?? They should see our culture and traditions to learn it and adopte it too...!! So in my opinion we should never stop inviting children to the weddings and many more ceremonies..!! And I must tell you what we should look at wedding ceremonies ....some people spend so much money on wedding ceremonies just to make it special and remeberable..!! But money cannot buy feelings and love. Try to be real and easy and simple . It has its own beauty..!!

funny this topic came up just this Sunday the 24th of June my younger sister got married I live in the U.S. and we had 5 children there 4 of which was in the wedding party and my great newphew caught the bouquet of flowers I can understand about not wanting the children there when there is a lot of drinking so on that note I suppose it will all depend on where you live at and up to the bride and groom

well i think childern shud b alowed to attend weedings,.,,they need to socialize in order to be accustomed to it n dey need to know how to behave in such circumstances..how to meet wid the elder one's,,,,,infact how to hold ur soft drinks in forint of so much people n more importantly ur eating mannerisms n many more things....dey cme to know theie relations wod other persons as well.....so i think its important part for them

I think kids should go. A wedding is an occasion for family and friends to get together and celebrate and kids are such an important part of our lives. I liked having my niece at my wedding. I would much rather cut down on some of the frills than leave out the kids.

in our country, it's not a very big deal whether children are present or not in weddings. it's not a surprise if the parents tag them along, as long as they're dressed and in their proper behavior, even if they're not included in the invites. we usually have big weddings where everyone especially if you're a family, is expected to attend. children are not banned to attend although it is expected that the parents or guardians are there to attend to them and not to disturb or make a mess of themselves during the ceremony or reception. it is really up to the parents to allow or disallow their children to go. it's a different story though if there's a formal invitation for the reception where the guests are limited, and then the invited persons will have to follow to the limit of the invites. but it's also not uncommon to see people bringing along friends and children to the party . we know it's bad manners, but some people will just have their way, and the celebrants or the family of the celebrants don't do anything to drive the gatecrashers anyway. for most, it's the more, the merrier - it's a happy occasion anyway.

i'm from indonesia where big wedding is very common.it might be attend by more than 500 people.bringing their kids also part of the wedding.kids can meet friends with same age,play with them,interact with older people.it's good for them to have social experience.

no if its to much expensive.

I think children must not go to the wedding... You're right because it's to expensive for children to go in the wedding.

hello babykay!Surprised to hear that attending wedding in your place is very expensive.Here in phil,children are allowed to attend weddings but sometimes its up to the groom and the bride if they want the whole family to be invited.The're are couples who only accept limited visitors so only the mom and the dad have the chance to attend the wedding.In our case when we're still young if it is a wedding of a close relative its expected that our whole family is there.:)

Hello my friends, the feeling I indeed did not deserve if children were in an available party of the drink of the harshness, but possibly because the tradition in your country indeed was like this my friend. best regards

I think that should be left up to the couple who is getting married. Weddings are formal events and not everyone is thrilled to have little ones running around underfoot. I have never taken offense when my children were not invited. In fact there were many times when I chose not to bring my children even when children were allowed. Things simply go much more smoothly when you don't have to worry about the unexpected things that children sometimes do. If the couple wants a big family type atmosphere for their wedding, then great! But if they prefer things to be a bit calmer and not disrupted by a kid who decides to have a temper tantrum at the wrong time or has to run to that bathroom or any number of things that some children do, then their wishes should be respected. Not everyone finds children as charming as their parents do.

Kids should also be invited, especially relative kids they are also part of the family so I don't think they're niot suited to attend on weddings.

I think it depends on the wedding and what all is to be included. Kids can often times be loud and act unruly, and it's not like they would have much interest in a wholy union! But, if it children of the family or something, I think they should probably attend, plus the flower girl and ring bearer are usually children and they would want someone to play with.

i think they should only if they understand what is going on