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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone mentioned this in another thread and I'm curious - would you cancel a playdate as a punishment to your child? Like if Sam is acting really bad and awful in the morning, would you tell him "you are not going to see Henry this afternoon if you keep acting up." and then actually follow through with that?

I would not. I think it's mean to punish another child for something my kid did, and canceling the playdate is going to disappoint someone else, not just my kid.[/quote]

Not on the timeline you're suggesting (punished later for bad behavior earlier in the day), but it can absolutely be a natural consequence of a kid's terrible behavior that they get to miss out on a thing they were looking forward to doing, including going to the park with Henry.  It's never happened to us yet but I'm not going to draw a line around disciplining my kid that says "I/Henry/Henry's mom can never be inconvenienced".  If it has to happen it has to happen.

And if Henry has to cancel on us for the same reason, more power to Henry's mom.[/quote]

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