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[quote=Anonymous]Close close friend. Kids love to play together. We have been doing lots of drop off playdates since the kids were 4 years old. Kids are now 7 and her son's behavior is beyond what I can handle. He is destructive and unsafe. Makes large messes. Disobeys rules (like not going in my husbands home office or not climbing on the shelves in the playroom). He argues and rejects my suggestions for activities. I love him like my own but it is so exhausting and stressful to have him here. I suspect that when the kids play at my friend's house, she is either just way better at redirecting him or she is spending the whole time regulating. I have two other kids and I really just can't manage.

I have talked to my friend about specific incidents on a few occasions. He smashed a beloved toy. He also colored all over a wallpapered wall with a marker. One time, he refused to come inside and I had to text my friend to come get him a bit early because I could not get him to listen to me. Each time, my friend has handled it so appropriately but definitely plays it off like "That is so strange that he did that. I don't know what came over him.".

I feel like with this close of a friend (we are in communication at least via text every day, if not multiple times a day), I can't just push off the playdates and act like we are busy. Like I said, kids love each other so I don't want to spoil their friendship. Would love help with wording![/quote]

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