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[quote=Anonymous]Without inadvertently alienating your child from one of their best friends?

Long story short, the first time I met the mom my intuition spiked and I thought something might be off, but she seemed nice and involved at school so I gave her the benefit of the doubt. But DD spent the night last night and said she thought the older siblings were drinking (so probably the parents were, too) and the brother’s (high school age, not sure how old) girlfriend spent the night. I also got the feeling the mom might have been hungover when she dropped her off even before DD told me the other things. I’m more than annoyed.

But this is DD’s best friend right now. She starts middle school next year and doesn’t have any other close friends, so it breaks my heart to think we have to limit the time she spends with this girl, who is a sweetheart. I don’t know what to do. It’ll only get harder to police her friendships as she ages, but I also feel like I shouldn’t encourage her to be friends with a girl whose parents allow drinking and teen couple sleepovers, either! DH thinks she will probably outgrow this friend before it’s really a “problem”, or find a new friend group next year, but what if not?

Help me navigate this one, DCUM! [/quote]

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