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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 179455" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Parents (and guardians) have to communicate directly to their children's friends' parents. Even at 11 years old, I check up on difficult child's plans with the other parent involved. Tonight, difficult child calls me at about 4:00. "Can I stay at H's house while you go into set up for VBS and H's mom can bring us when the program starts?" "Sure, that is o.k. with me but come home now to let puppy out before I leave." So, about 4:40, I leave and as I am backing out of the driveway think to myself that this is a situation that I need to verify plans in person with the mom. So, I call H's mom. "The boys tell me you will be bringing them to VBS. Are you sure that will work?" "What? They did, huh? They haven't asked me yet." "I am sorry, I will return home. Send them over in 10 minutes and I will take them with me." "That is o.k. I can take them later. Thank you for calling - wonder when they were going to break the news to me?"</p><p> </p><p>Adults always have to make contact with whoever is next in taking care of a kid. Plans constantly have to be reviewed to make sure everyone is on the same page and children are being taken care of.</p><p> </p><p>You are basically a stranger to this kid. How can anyone drop off a kid with a stranger and just leave? The grandfather did a very dangerous thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 179455, member: 5096"] Parents (and guardians) have to communicate directly to their children's friends' parents. Even at 11 years old, I check up on difficult child's plans with the other parent involved. Tonight, difficult child calls me at about 4:00. "Can I stay at H's house while you go into set up for VBS and H's mom can bring us when the program starts?" "Sure, that is o.k. with me but come home now to let puppy out before I leave." So, about 4:40, I leave and as I am backing out of the driveway think to myself that this is a situation that I need to verify plans in person with the mom. So, I call H's mom. "The boys tell me you will be bringing them to VBS. Are you sure that will work?" "What? They did, huh? They haven't asked me yet." "I am sorry, I will return home. Send them over in 10 minutes and I will take them with me." "That is o.k. I can take them later. Thank you for calling - wonder when they were going to break the news to me?" Adults always have to make contact with whoever is next in taking care of a kid. Plans constantly have to be reviewed to make sure everyone is on the same page and children are being taken care of. You are basically a stranger to this kid. How can anyone drop off a kid with a stranger and just leave? The grandfather did a very dangerous thing. [/QUOTE]
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