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EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 24 MIN

Episode 9: To Invite or Not to Invite: The Kids at Weddings Debate

from Weddings Unfiltered · host Ron Griffin, Molly Winkowski, Heather Thurman

Every wedding season it happens. A couple makes the call — kids welcome or child-free — and without fail, someone is offended, someone shows up with uninvited kids anyway, and someone leaves their newborn home and resents it for years.It's one of the most divisive decisions in wedding planning, and nobody talks about it honestly. So we are.In this episode, we're getting into the real debate around kids at weddings — both sides, no filter. Should children be welcome at every celebration, no exceptions? Is a child-free wedding a completely reasonable boundary that adults need to stop taking personally? What about infants? Flower girls? The kid who screams through the vows?We're covering it all — the parents who can't afford a babysitter, showing up with uninvited kids, and the grown adults who cut off family members over a child-free wedding invitation.Where do you stand? Let us know.

Every wedding season it happens. A couple makes the call — kids welcome or child-free — and without fail, someone is offended, someone shows up with uninvited kids anyway, and someone leaves their newborn home and resents it for years.It's one of the most divisive decisions in wedding planning, and nobody talks about it honestly. So we are.In this episode, we're getting into the real debate around kids at weddings — both sides, no filter. Should children be welcome at every celebration, no exceptions? Is a child-free wedding a completely reasonable boundary that adults need to stop taking personally? What about infants? Flower girls? The kid who screams through the vows?We're covering it all — the parents who can't afford a babysitter, showing up with uninvited kids, and the grown adults who cut off family members over a child-free wedding invitation.Where do you stand? Let us know.

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