Invite Children of Guests???

courtneyjade6

When inviting guest to the wedding should we put an age cap on children, i.e: no children under 10?  Is this okay?  How would you word such phrase on an invite?  If you do put a cap on childrens age, do you still have  flower girl and ring bearer?

jessicabessica

Just address the invite to those invited, don't say who is not invited (so no "adults only" or anything like that).  If people RSVP for their kids, call and let them know the invite was only to the adults. 

You can invite some kids and not all.  I think it works a lot better to draw the line at your relationship (immediately family kids only, wedding party kids only, etc.) than an age cut-off.  With an age cut-off, you can end up splitting up families, which is non ideal, IMO.  Also, it's easier for guests to understand why their 9-year-old wasn't invited when they see that the only kids there are your nieces and nephews rather than when they see 10 and 11 year olds at your wedding.

dumdumfroggie

Don't put anyting about who's NOT invited on the invitation.  Just address the invite to those invited.

If you want to have no children at all, that's fine, you can still have a RB and FG if you want.   They would be the exception.

I would not use 10 as a cutoff age unless you're sure that won't split up any families.

rebarobert2012

Just address the invitation to those who are going to be invited, as PPs said.  You do not need to say who is not invited.

lenergyrlah

I've seen a lot of "adult-only" weddings where there was still a FG and RB.  I didn't think it was weird at all.  I don't have kids though so maybe parents would be upset by it.