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easy child's boyfriend??? Dad's an alcoholic, need some input...
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 212957" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Jen,</p><p></p><p>Here's a thought...</p><p>Rather than calling easy child's friends' parents and just baldly stating, "I don't let easy child go there because the dad's a raving alcoholic", perhaps something like...</p><p></p><p><em>Although I know and like boyfriend, I don't know the parents all that well and I don't feel comfortable letting easy child hang out at their house. So I'm not letting easy child attend <whatever event is going on there>.</em></p><p></p><p>When other parents use those words "I don't feel comfortable letting my child hang out at Parent X's house" it's sort of a red flag for me. It strikes me as code for, weird stuff goes on there.</p><p></p><p>Not letting your child attend a low key non-dangerous event, such as watching a video at someone's house while the parents are home, also sends a message to other parents. If they say something like, "Why not. It's only watching videos. The parents will be home." Then you can answer. "I don't feel confident that easy child will be safe there."</p><p></p><p>If you're not willing to let easy child go, it might get the other parents thinking and doing a bit of investigation of their own.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 212957, member: 3907"] Jen, Here's a thought... Rather than calling easy child's friends' parents and just baldly stating, "I don't let easy child go there because the dad's a raving alcoholic", perhaps something like... [I]Although I know and like boyfriend, I don't know the parents all that well and I don't feel comfortable letting easy child hang out at their house. So I'm not letting easy child attend <whatever event is going on there>.[/I] When other parents use those words "I don't feel comfortable letting my child hang out at Parent X's house" it's sort of a red flag for me. It strikes me as code for, weird stuff goes on there. Not letting your child attend a low key non-dangerous event, such as watching a video at someone's house while the parents are home, also sends a message to other parents. If they say something like, "Why not. It's only watching videos. The parents will be home." Then you can answer. "I don't feel confident that easy child will be safe there." If you're not willing to let easy child go, it might get the other parents thinking and doing a bit of investigation of their own. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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