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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd hold off on playdates with the kid. Threatening to end the friendship if you don't do as asked is manipulative. I realize it's a little kid, but the message you should send to your daughter is that it's okay to walk away from that kind of behavior.[/quote]

OP here. I guess that may be the only viable option -- to pack up and leave the playground or their house (it feels kind of annoying to have to leave a public playground because of this though). Btw, he is the one who then continues approaching her and asking her and again and again to play what he wants to play and getting upset when she says she doesn't want to play that. She doesn't pursue him, and will proceed to play something else by herself if necessary, or with me. But she doesn't want to leave when I have suggested it. And when his parent suggests ending the play date and leaving (if at playground), he gets very upset and then the parent eventually helps him calm down and he apologizes and then they find something they both want to play and all is well for a while. But the cycle eventually re-plays itself, maybe at the same play date or the next one.

Despite this, she really wants to have more play dates with him. And we are friends with the parents, so I wish there were some way to just avoid dealing with this rather than to have to end the play dates.
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