I just made the kid next door cry again! He knocked on the door to ask if my 4 year old can come and play. I said no because its too late. It was 4:20pm on a school day. That is too late right? I am not just that mean woman?
(my answer was also influenced by the fact that I have learnt that this 5 year old has a x-box in his bedroom and he plays games like Spider-Man (12+) and Batman (7+) unsupervised.)
Re: Am I just mean?
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Your 4 year old has homework? Not judging, just confused.
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Yeah, he started primary school in September and starting this week they get reading homework every day.
No! He is my child! Mine! Mine! Mine! (stomps foot and leaves the room)
I don't think 4:20 is too late but I would agree with the Xbox thing so guess it would depend on the kid who invited him over. If you have a problem with the kid's activities then that is your call.
We are mean because our nieces don't get to watch TV on school nights (and the youngest does not get to play on the computer) and are limited on non school nights. I'm sure they think we are horrible and other people think we are too strict. But that is our prerogative. Our kids , our rules.
Like Pp mentioned, maybe have the kiddo over at your house instead. He might even appreciated having to actually play something besides video games!
I think 4:20 is still early, but I've heard about this kid before, too. If it was another kid would you feel the same way? Or if we lived next door, would you feel the same way?
It is the kid you guys are thinking of. And yes, Tofu, if it was your 2 kids I would probably be fine go play. So yeah, it is more the kid and not the time. Although if he knocked on the door at 4pm I would have said ok you can have a 20 minute play I just don't want them to only start playing after 4pm.
For the people who suggested inviting him to play at my house, I do. We leave the front door open so they can come back and forth. But, the kid next door does not like to play at my house because I have don't allow them to play TV games (wii) without an adult playing with and then they are restricted to half an hour a day. When they over here I am happy to get the crafts stuff out, or they can play with any of DS's toys/dressing up box, etc. I offer to go play baseball/soccer, etc in the garden,but this kid only wants DS to come to his house. sometimes he humours us and comes over for 10 minutes and then insists they go play at his house. The worst part is that I have spoken to the boys mom and said that I don't want DS watching Ben 10 or Power Rangers or playing TV games, so now what happens is that they go over to the other boys house and DS then watches him play Batman or Spider-Man (and I suspect Ben10) on the X-box. Boys next doors mom never says no to anything and sets no boundaries, whereas I am quite strict and involved so you can see why he does not like to play here.
4:20 is too late to play?
I don't get that.
Even if your 4 year old is getting homework, you shouldn't take more than about 10 minutes to complete it.