{"id":962,"date":"2011-08-03T09:28:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T16:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=962"},"modified":"2011-08-03T09:28:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T16:28:54","slug":"adult-only-party-gives-parents-time-to-talk-about-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=962","title":{"rendered":"Adult-Only Party Gives Parents Time to Talk About Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[Annie Ford often has friends and neighbors over at her home, meets them at the pool, and even at the park. Although she now has kids, she does not want to become a parent that is no longer social, and only spends time with her kids.\nShe gets plenty of time with her friends, but realized last month that she was constantly getting interrupted by the kids when they were trying to talk. That is when a great idea dawned on her. An adult-only party. She sent the evite to a couple hundred people to meet the F-15 park for cocktails and appetizers.\nThe party was a huge success. Finally, parents did not have kids interrupting their conversations about their kids. \u201cThis party is exactly what a lot of us needed,\u201d said party-goer Cindy Paterson. \u201cI was able to talk about my Joshua and Kyle without having to worry about them pestering me. It was so refreshing.\u201d<!--more-->\nOthers at the party had similar feelings. \u201cRight when I start to tell neighbors about how my kids\u2019 teachers are better than the ones their children have, one of my kids usually interrupts me,\u201d said Kamie Druvenga. \u201cWith the kids not there, it was so much easier to discuss how smart they are, and even what their sleeping schedules are.\u201d\nAnnie said that the party was such a success that she will continue to throw the parties every couple of months. \u201cThe party was the perfect way for adults to mingle with each other, introduce themselves as a certain child\u2019s parent, and just be able to brag about their kids without having to constantly look over their shoulders. What a great time!\u201d]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-10","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}