I have learned my lesson with not being friends with parents that's for sure. I went into this set on not being friends but slowly let my guard down with one lady and now she is starting to be late paying and not paying in full, not showing respect etc etc. I have a really great respectable family that has invited me and my DD to her kids birthday parties which I do attend but it's always professional when I go and I don't reciprocate and invite to my daughters bdays. Instead I like to do a bday party at the daycare for each child, that way they get to all be together. It's lots of fun and we all bake a cake, not to big of deal to me and the kids love it.