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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree OP. I have 2 boys under 10 and I think they are wild and noisy . . . Until I have other people’s kids in my house.
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There are a few families I just don’t invite any more because every time they visit something gets broken or someone gets hurt. These kids find ways to cause trouble that I’ve never considered I need a rule for. We have very few explicit rules that seems pretty obvious- no shoes on the couch, no eating in the living room. Eating in the family room / kids rec room is allowed when we have company. 
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However other people’s kids make me have to declare things like:
Don’t draw on the house with sidewalk chalk
Don’t slam the glass front door / play games where running in and out is the game. 
Don’t hang on / climb up the curtains
Don’t stand on the couch
Don’t slam landscaping river stones on my retaining wall to crack them open
Don’t open my pantry and pull out foods and eat them without asking
Don’t walk up to my house plants and break off leaves or branches

[b]These are not toddlers. These are kindergarten- 3rd grade kids. Their parents seem normal and not overly permissive. These kids do not live in homes where things are broken and treated as disposable. I have no idea why they think it’s ok to act this way at my home when I doubt they act like this at their home. [/b][/quote]

Exactly this. A million times, this.

Maybe the crazy kids should hang out with other crazy kids, and the not crazy families should hang together.

OP, find your people. This ain't it. [/quote]

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