by The Party Fairy
As well as contributing the occasional article to Shelly’s blog, I also like to visit and keep up with her latest news. Reading about Shelly’s children all being at school now, and her feelings about this, made me smile.
Why? Because what always gives me a very good, warm feeling about Little Miss Princess Parties is how reassuring it is that the business is run by an experienced mum.
There are other companies that offer similar services to those provided by Little Miss Princess Parties. But so few of them are owned or staffed by bona fide mothers.
Doesn’t that strike you as a bit odd?
I mean, I would find it strange to have my car fixed by someone who’d never driven before. And for years I’ve suspected that the majority of women’s so-called “sexy” lingerie is designed by men; if it’s not, then why is it often so uncomfortable, not to mention impractical?
So it does strike me as a bit odd that a business that provides entertainment services to children would be staffed primarily by childless teenagers. Many of them are not much more than children themselves, when you think about it.
Sure, they’ve probably all had a bit of training. Perhaps they even have a GCSE in child development. But look at it this way: I studied maths at school, but that doesn’t make me a mathematician…
Looking after children is not an academic subject. Every child is different, with different needs, personalities, likes, dislikes, habits and temperaments. And the best way to get to know children is to have one of your own. When it comes to children, education is no match for experience.
When my daughter was small, there was no such thing as a pamper party for little girls. They simply didn’t exist back then.
But if they had, I know for a fact that I would’ve chosen a children’s party company run by an experienced mother over one staffed by childless teenagers - every single time, without fail.
Because like my mother always used to say - and, naïve fool that I was, I never believed her until I became a mum myself - “mother knows best”.