Dear Dáíthí,My child is going into senior infants in primary school and has been invited to multiple birthday parties over the past year. I know this was all new to me too a few years ago, and I was amazed at how many birthday parties there were. I do know where you’re coming from though when it comes to parents staying all day at birthday parties, and if all the parents have to do so. There are two types of parents at these parties; parents who stay for the whole thing and those who drop and go. So, you do what you want to do and don’t think twice about it.