Birthday Party Preparation: Child, Squirt Guns

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Driving Self Crazy with Child's B-day Party

Wondering if anyone can give me some advice - we are trying to plan a party for my son who is turning 5 y/o. He would like to have it at our house so that he can play party games (parachute, etc.) and decorate the house. At first he wanted it at a bounce place, but when I told him no b/c it was too expensive for us right now he then got excited about having it at the house. Now I am wondering, maybe we should have just done the bouncing place - my concerns - will kids this age still enjoy and want to play party games? Will it be hard to...

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Am I Sheltering My Child?

I don't think that I am, but I did get a negative comment from someone (not on here). My son is 3. I don't let him listen to anything other than kids/educational music. He doesn't watch anything other than kids/educational television programs. I don't do anything inappropriate in front of him. My fiancee and I will only "peck" each other if he is around. I don't let him play with toy guns or anything that could be deemed violent. I thought (and still do) that we are parents should let our children enjoy their innocence. So because...