Am I being too sensitive??

Your daughter's response should also alert you to the quality of the time she would/will be spending there. The fact that she knows how many TVs there are suggests that the "play date" merely entails such passive pursuits as watching TV, and really, since she can do that at home at amy time, what's the point of the play date? I have a policy that my kids don't return to houses where all they ever do is go on computers and watch TV and I never allow them to engage in these activities when their friends are round at our house either.

Clare
 
Maybe the parent was in the bathroom. :p Really though, if your daughter had a good time, I might let her go one more time and if the same thing happens again then there is a problem. Maybe he/she really was in the bathroom or got an important call or something. Did you ask your daughter if a parent was home? That does seem kind of odd but like I said, if it happens a second time then you know it wasn't just an accident the first time.
 
>My youngest DD, 3rd grade, had a playdate with a girl from
>what appears to be a very wealthy family judging from the
>house where I picked her up.


My questions are:

- Who took your daughter to the playdate? It sounds like it wasn't you.
- Do YOU know who this playdate was?
- Did you ever meet this playdate's parents?

How are you judging the parent of the child when you don't even know who this playdate and her parent(s) is?

I have to know and be comfortable with BOTH the child AND parents AND know where they lived before I'd let my child go to their home.
 
ITA with both of the above posters. I don't let my kids go over to anybody's house that I don't know, even if it is for a birthday party and there will be lots of people there, unless I have met and feel comfortable with the parents. I also believe very strongly in following your gut; God gave it to us for a reason. :)

Missy
 
I don't think you're being sensitive. I would have felt weird about that too and probably wouldn't let my child go back until I met her parents.
 
Did you DD mention anything about adults being around? Maybe you could ask her about the family. I would want to see somebody too. Maybe there is a reason noone came to the door. Is there a physically hadicapped person? I think you should give it a second chance. Phyllis

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