Comments on: Asking other parents about rules in their homes http://www.blisstree.com/articles/asking-other-parents-about-rules-in-their-homes-155/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:07:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: You Want My Kid to Come and Play? Well, first there are some Terms and Conditions… | Freakedout Fathers http://www.blisstree.com/articles/asking-other-parents-about-rules-in-their-homes-155/comment-page-1/#comment-92218 You Want My Kid to Come and Play? Well, first there are some Terms and Conditions… | Freakedout Fathers Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:49:22 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/asking-other-parents-about-rules-in-their-homes/#comment-92218 [...] article that Elizabeth at Career and Kids alerted us to, reminded me of that discomfort my wife and I sometimes feel when our kids go [...] [...] article that Elizabeth at Career and Kids alerted us to, reminded me of that discomfort my wife and I sometimes feel when our kids go [...]

]]> By: Mike Driehorst http://www.blisstree.com/articles/asking-other-parents-about-rules-in-their-homes-155/comment-page-1/#comment-92024 Mike Driehorst Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:34:21 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/asking-other-parents-about-rules-in-their-homes/#comment-92024 OOHH! Good stuff. For the play date invites, we don't ask questions -- my wife just goes along and stays if we don't know the parents. Granted, we've been fortunate that one of our moms watched the kids until my wife retired (she had 20 yrs in with a retailer) with the birth of our 4th child last year. So, the new friends at day care thing didn't come up. With few exceptions, the friends of our kids are from school, so it's kind of easy to start to get to know them. With our oldest going on 10 soon and going to junior high in a couple or so years, I'm sure there'll come a time when my wife won't stay for that first play date -- and we will ask those (and other) questions. -Mike OOHH! Good stuff.

For the play date invites, we don’t ask questions — my wife just goes along and stays if we don’t know the parents. Granted, we’ve been fortunate that one of our moms watched the kids until my wife retired (she had 20 yrs in with a retailer) with the birth of our 4th child last year. So, the new friends at day care thing didn’t come up.

With few exceptions, the friends of our kids are from school, so it’s kind of easy to start to get to know them.

With our oldest going on 10 soon and going to junior high in a couple or so years, I’m sure there’ll come a time when my wife won’t stay for that first play date — and we will ask those (and other) questions.
-Mike

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