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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, strange. I can understand, with older children (say like 4/5 and up) how you might specifically want only one child to come over because the dynamic changes when siblings come. I get that as a parent of a child who is significantly older than his siblings, so he doesn't have a "team" and when siblings come over, sometimes it's hard for him to break in to their play. So I do attempt to ensure that sometimes my DS gets one on one time with his friend. But, we do that in creative ways. We most frequently invite whole families over, and if we do see that dynamic developing, I usually just say straight up to the other parent, I notice that your kids play so nicely together. __ has a harder time breaking in sometimes. I wonder if we could do occasional playdates with just _ and _? I'd like to keep meeting as families, too, but it might be nice for the two boys to get some time together to develop their own friendship. Of course, you really only would do this with families you know well. I can't imagine though, as a parent, allowing  my child to be jerky to a little baby in my house. On the other hand, sometimes babies are tough and if the baby was grabbing toys from the boys that also changes the dynamic. Again, in our family we would just deal, but i can see where someone might prefer that it go differently.  [/quote]

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