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[quote=Anonymous]I have a strong group of friends that I’ve known for about a decade. We all had babies together and bonded while having our second and third children. Since we are such good friends, we often get along with our friends’ friends and this friend circle just grew over the years.

Recently my friend’s child hurt my child. It was not an accident and that is what I found troubling. Instead of correcting her child for hurting my child, my friend became very defensive and started attacking my parenting style. The whole scene was so bizarre. The worst was that the mom seemed not to even believe that her child would be capable of doing the act. I feel more upset at my friend’s handling of the situation than the act itself, which was already pretty bad. I prefer not to post details to be anonymous.

Do you think our friendship can survive?

I care much more about the other friendships and less about this single friendship.

Has anyone been in a similar situation where there are strong adult friendships that get ruined by kids?

Problem is the kids brought us together. We hang out with the entire family. These are family friends so it is unlikely I can just hang out with adults and maintain adult friendship only.[/quote]

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