5-year-old boy given invoice and parents threatened with court for missing kid’s BIRTHDAY PARTY

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I’m on Channel 5 News later talking about the 5-year-old boy who was given an invoice and his parents were threatened with court for missing child’s BIRTHDAY PARTY !

For goodness sake !

Can you believe the BBC News website has posted up “The unwritten rules of children’s parties !!!!”

What’s your opinion?

  • Birthday boy/girl must be given preference for starting activity. Small guests pushing past should be restrained by attending adults
  • Party bags or gifts for each attending child – the children will always remember “that party” when they didn’t get one
  • If you don’t RSVP don’t think you can just turn up. And if you do, don’t expect a party bag (see above)
  • Avoid party talk around the parents of the uninvited
  • Host child MUST win at least one round of pass the parcel. Sweets within each layer for everyone else
  • Children must be given 15 minutes at the buffet before adults are allowed to hoover up the cocktail sausages

Here’s the story:

A five-year-old was billed for failing to attend a friend’s birthday party – resulting in threats of legal action.

Alex Nash, from Cornwall, was invited to the party just before Christmas.

An invoice for £15.95 was sent by his schoolfriend’s mother Julie Lawrence, who said Alex’s non-attendance left her out of pocket and his parents had her details to tell her he was not going.

Alex’s father Derek said he had been told he would be taken to the small claims court for refusing to pay.

‘Understand she’s upset’

Alex’s parents, from Torpoint, had accepted an invitation to the party at a dry ski slope in Plymouth, Devon, just before Christmas.

However, they realised their son was double-booked and due to spend time with his grandparents, which he did.

His parents said they had no contact information for Ms Lawrence at that time.

They found the invoice in a brown envelope in his schoolbag last week.

Mr Nash said: “It was a proper invoice with full official details and even her bank details on it.

“I can understand that she’s upset about losing money. The money isn’t the issue, it’s the way she went about trying to get the money from me.

“She didn’t treat me like a human being, she treated me like a child and that I should do what she says.”

In a short statement, Ms Lawrence said: “All details were on the party invite. They had every detail needed to contact me.”

Mr Nash said he had been told he was being taken to the small claims court because he was refusing to pay.

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