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By: Bridget

Bridget — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:42:56 +0000

I am getting parents asking for overnighters when I don’t even know the mom’s last name. I’m glad that were not the only parents who are this strict. (hey even when you are strict your kids still can come home knowing all about sex already) jk!!!!!! lol

By: Sue Doe-Nim

Sue Doe-Nim — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:40:11 +0000

I’m with you on the wiggles but not the guns or dogs. My dog doesn’t really know how to use a weapon but we do have both.

I’m not sure how old your kids are but it is good to have boundaries about who you play with and where. I find that the parents who I don’t trust to care for my children don’t raise the most remarkable kids anyhow so it’s no loss.

I do promise that if you want to drop your little ‘uns off I won’t take them to the gun range (we lock ours up), smoke them out (too expensive) or let the dog bite them very hard (he’s 5 pounds).

And the porn thing? May I recommend Mac with a Leopard operating system, awesome parental controls.

By: kadi

kadi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:57:14 +0000

Sue~
P.S.
No MTV, reality TV, pornos, mature video games, Youtube, Rated R movies, and definitely NO WIGGLES. Those men are weird.

By: kadi

kadi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:56:00 +0000

Dianne~
I have come across this many times. We simply explain to our kids that we have the right to deny certain friendships if we see it as problematic. That is our right, as parents. When the child asks to play, we tell them that it isn’t a good idea, and leave it at that. We have had to tell older kids that they are too old. We have had to deny kids whose parents think that we are a free babysitting service and take advantage of our home. We have had to turn away kids who are involved in bad situations, for the sake of protecting our kids. We may not be popular with our kids for it, but it is our job.

By: kadi

kadi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:50:51 +0000

Sue~
Let me break it down:
No drugs, no guns, no sex predators, no sharp knives laying around, no suspicious looking family members, no torture chambers, no net free trampolines, no dogs…hmmmm, I think I covered it all.
Where was the confusion?

By: Dianne

Dianne — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:33:22 +0000

I still have little ones that don’t leave my site! I sit at any playdate and watch everything so, thankfully, I don’t have to deal with this yet. The only thing I do deal with is neighborhood kids coming over and wanting to play in our yard wtih my kids, who are younger. One of the kids is rude and abrasive to my kids, and I just plain don’t want to have him around. Now what do you do when you clear the house for play, and you find no safety issues, but you just don’t like the way a playmate treats your child? I’m curious. You don’t want to say to your child that the kid is rude or not nice so what do you say? I just keep telling the kid that we have plans and are busy, but my son is always upset when I send the kid away.

By: tanyetta

tanyetta — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:15:39 +0000

It’s only RIGHT to be involved in your child’s life!!!

By: Sue Doe-Nim

Sue Doe-Nim — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:14:23 +0000

Um, I’m confused, will you send your kids over if I’m getting stoned but not cleaning the gun?