If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?

Nope. I've taught my kids to entertain their own friends, enforce boundaries, and come get me when they can't control their guests. I sit on the couch reading or doing laundry or am in the kitchen cooking.

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07/20/2016 14:54

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Anonymous

I LOVE IT. Kids are otherwise occupied. I actually prefer to have two kids over, one for each of mine (I find that 3 total can cause more problems than 4 total).

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07/20/2016 14:56

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Anonymous

Yes I hate it. Play dates give me so much anxiety.

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07/20/2016 14:57

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:Oh yeah thus no play dates

But see I just can't do that to my kids. That's not fair to them. They definitely do not have as many as others because I just can't handle other kids in my house or tagging along on trips all the time but I make myself do them because I don't want my kids to be social pariahs.

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07/20/2016 15:05

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Anonymous

I don't like it, but for a 2 hour play date, I can tolerate it. Sleepovers are tough, and I generally don't allow play dates longer than 2 hours.

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07/20/2016 15:09

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Anonymous

I'm an introvert, but I love little people, so I'm okay with having my kid's friends over.

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07/20/2016 15:19

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Anonymous

It's fine once kid is mature enough to "go play" with a friend on another level of the house

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07/20/2016 15:22

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Anonymous wrote:I'm an introvert, but I love little people, so I'm okay with having my kid's friends over.

+1. This is me too when they were smaller. But ....now that that my older ones are older and have older friends, I don't like it anymore.

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07/20/2016 15:23

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Anonymous

No, I don't mind. I'm not debilitated by my introversion though; I can be social when I want to. I like to see my kids having fun & playing.

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07/20/2016 15:24

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Anonymous

Love it. They are totally occupied and I get glorious alone time.

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07/20/2016 15:35

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Anonymous

I'm a introvert. My 8 year old daughter is a extrovert. She can and does have friends over all the time or she's at their house or at a party or a playdate (something every weekend). It's her who has to entertain them not me.