Do you have different rules for neighborhood friends?
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Anonymous
| Do you let your kids hang out later or trust your neighbors more than the parents of school friends? |
Anonymous
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No.
Why would anyone do this? |
Anonymous
| I do have somewhat different rules when my kids are hanging out at a house with parents I know well- whether neighbors or not. |
Anonymous
| Well I would tend to let them hang out later bc they are also right there so there’s no need to worry about rides or how to get home. |
Anonymous
| Yes because I am friendly with my neighbors and their families. I have known them for years and have been to their houses. I might not even meet the parents of my kids's school friends. |
Anonymous
+1. Also, with neighbors they pretty much arrange their own play dates / activities. Sometimes they come over, sometimes my kids go over, once they got to late elementary and need less active supervision, parents somehow got out of the arrangements when they hang out at each others’ houses. |
Anonymous
You really can’t think of one reason why? Damn. |
Anonymous
| Nope. Opposite with my 15-year old. Sketchy friends from MS. |
Anonymous
| If I did - the only reason would be because they could get themselves to / from the friend’s house without my involvement |
Anonymous
I let them hang out a bit later because the "commute" home is so short. 
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Anonymous
| I just let one of my teens walk home from the immediate next door neighbor, but didn’t let her sibling walk home from the school friend who lives a 12 minute drive away. |
Anonymous
| Yep, because my kid can get home and I know my neighbors will boot him if they need to do something else. |