Playdate questions

itsmevkb

We've had kids over to our house to play but I don't think our kids have gone anywhere else yet.  I haven't had parents asking me anything other than what time do you want me to pick them up.    So, what are your standard questions?  Do you ask about what tv shows they get to watch or movies or music or do you let them play outside unsupervised, would you let them ride a bike without a helmet, do you have medicine that isn't locked up, do you have guns in your home, or a bow and arrow, or knives, do you allow your kids to play with Nerf guns or pellet guns or fake but real looking guns, do you have working smoke and co2 detectors, what is your driving record like, do you let them drink soda or eat junk food, how do you cut up hot dogs, do you feed your kids popcorn, is there a pool in the backyard, are power tools laying around the basement, are there safeguards on your computers, does your husband have Playboys hidden under the bed, do you let your kids play old school lawn darts? 

Obviously I'm joking a bit here but when you really start to think about it you could come up with a ton of things that you kids might be exposed to at a friend's house so where are you drawing the line?

And can I just say how much I hate the word "playdate?"

sadie+w

My LO is too little for play dates, but when he is old enough, I don't think I would leave him at someone's house that I didn't know very well.

shannm

I imagine, for us, it will completely depend on who the parent is. DS has close friends and while I don't know the parents really well, I know what their lifestyle/opinions on parenting is/are. I am totally fine leaving him w/o a lot of questions bc I k