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Party 411™
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Marne Loveman
216.514.8411, partygirl@party411.com
December 16, 1999
KIDS WILL ENJOY MILLENNIUM, TOO, WITH SOME PLANNING AND PARTY411.COM
With the millennium New Year fast approaching, people are frequently talking
about their plans and intentions for December 31, 1999. Among the topics debated
is what to do with children on this traditionally festive, yet rambunctious
evening. Party411.com, the Internet's most creative, comprehensive and easily
navigated event planning website, is finding that, overall, people want to be
with their families this new year's eve. Loren Frieder, a suburban Cleveland,
Ohio mom and Party411.com employee, plans to ring in the New Year with her
husband, children and other families at her home. "My husband and I
absolutely wanted our family to be together this year," she says. When
asked how she plans to keep the kids, aged four to twelve, amused and
entertained, she says "they will have the run of the basement with
structured activities available." Her daughter, Jillian, has taken the lead
in organizing a variety of carnival games with prizes.
Caitlin Morgan, a Party411.com visitor, adds "in Europe, people are much
more inclusive and don't segregate kids as much. Some of my fondest New Year's
memories from Scotland, are of being toted from house to house, where there was
always a place for kids. It's just built into the culture there. New Year's Eve
is a time of new beginnings, commitments, and renewal, and that ties into my
family for those reasons."
Regardless of whether you prefer to spend New Year's eve with children, or
without, there is still plenty of time to make arrangements for a home
gathering. If you plan to have children around, here are a few tips for
entertaining and amusing kids:
- Keep things simple or kids may get overwhelmed and frustrated - in
general, kids just want to have fun and go at their own pace
- Let things flow naturally - it is all right for kids to make their own
decisions about participating in structured activities, so long as they are
acting appropriately
- Set the mood for children by giving them freedom and choices with
boundaries, make them feel welcome, introduce kids to each other who are not
previously acquainted and encourage them to include everyone in their
activities
- Have an initial activity for kids upon their arrival and they will be more
tame later, for example, cover a table with white paper and let them
decorate it with their own markers, crayons, stickers and other art supplies
Party411.com offers Millennium party themes and ideas online specifically
aimed at entertaining kids, including Snow, Snow and More
Snow, Millennium Magic, Alien
Millennium and Pajama Party.
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