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PSA: Other children's toys

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So, if you go to someone's house for a playdate or party or whatever, you probably should NOT let your child take a doll out of the hosts' child's bedroom and then dump sand all over it in the sandbox.

Seriously, the doll was in Cecelia's bedroom.  The door was closed with a childproof cover on the doorknob.  That should be a BIG clue that I don't want any children in there!  If you take your kid in their to change his or her diaper, you should NOT be allowing them to walk back out with any toys! 

I am a firm believer that INSIDE toys and OUTSIDE toys are separate.  And even if you do not follow that belief at your house, I would think you should have to common sense and respect to follow that at other people's homes. 

I love hosting events at our house and I love that our house is so childproof that people don't have to keep an eagle eye on their children the entire time that they are here.  But some of our friends just let their kids go CRAZY when they walk in the door.  I want everyone to have a good time and relax, really, I do, but seriously, just check on your kids every once in a while, you know?  Maybe ask them to be respectful and clean up after themselves a tad bit?

We have a cook-out at our house every year and for the past 3 years I have considered not doing it anymore because I hate how much everyone's children trash our house.  Every year a toy gets broken and every year I find toys that should stay inside and clean, outside in the dirt.  And I put 80% of our toys away in bedrooms and closets to they cannot be destroyed.  Every year there are chips crushed all over the floor and cookie crumbs smashed in the carpet and icing and condiments smeared all over the table. 

Yes, I know it's a party, but we do NOT own a frat house.  Bend over and pick up the *** your kid dropped!  I am 35 weeks pregnant and I really don't want to spend the next day scrubbing blue icing out of my carpet! 

I swear all of our friends are very well educated, polite adults, who I really enjoy being around and talking to.  So I really don't understand this huge parenting divide that they seem to have as compared to DH and I.

Yeah and this doll has a sound thingie in it so I can't even throw it in the washer.  Now I have to hand wash it.  So annoying.

Vent over.

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Re: PSA: Other children's toys

  • segeramasegerama member
    This is exactly why we don't entertain frequently.  We had Audrey's birthday at Marion's this year and are not hosting a party for 4th of July.  Last year, I swept, mopped, and cleaned while everyone was watching the fireworks.  When the fireworks were over, my brother and sister-in-law let their three kids with very dirty feet run through my clean house to eat a messy brownie before going home.  I was so irritated.  Not only did they make a new mess, they also woke up my sleeping child.
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  • teacherjessteacherjess member
    It's rude to let your kids behave like that and mess up someone else's house regularly, but EVERYONE at that party knew you were pregnant and should have gone out of their way to make sure the house looked exactly as it did when they walked in... Boo on all of them, and I'd be very angry, too!
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  • SuperchicySuperchicy

    imageteacherjess:
    It's rude to let your kids behave like that and mess up someone else's house regularly, but EVERYONE at that party knew you were pregnant and should have gone out of their way to make sure the house looked exactly as it did when they walked in... Boo on all of them, and I'd be very angry, too!

    This exactly!  I can't believe people did not help you clean up.  It's one thing to have some crumbs here and there, but another to have both children and adults trashing your house.  

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  • kyfirewifekyfirewife member
    Ugh!

    I would be so embarrassed if DD acted like that!

    As she's getting older and we're trying to teach her good manners I am definitely becoming frustrated at the kids (ie their parents) who are older but have basically no manners at all, are rude, take things without asking, cut in line, don't share, etc.

    And then it makes it harder to teach her, because she sees them getting what they want when they want it, and doesn't understand why she has to wait, or share, or ask, or what-not.

    Ugh.

    Honestly, that would be enough, and it seems to be repeated behavior, that I would definitely be tempted to not host the event anymore. Not at my house anyway.

    Unfortunately.
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  • pregasaurus3pregasaurus3

    this is precisely why I dont like to have people over much anymore. people just let their kids do whatever they want because it's not their house. My cousin has kids my kid's age and just about every time they come over, something is broken, or she lets them slip by with their sippy cups, and they open them and spill juice all over everything!!! At one point, they were coming over so much I bought a queen size blow up mattress for them to sleep on, and she let them jump on it and busted it! And what kills me, is if I say something about it, oh no, it's NEVER her kid's that do it. It must have been mine, or my cat. yeah.... sure.... 

    you're not alone. 

    now my venting is over.  ;p

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