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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PPs defending the OP should go back and read the other thread. Some people started defending her there too, saying that the host must be OCD or something, most likely a FTM, and that OP's kid must be totally normal and OP was doing nothing wrong... and it came out that

1) The reason OP was just sitting around chatting instead of appropriately supervising her child (which in the case of her particular child would involve "hovering") was that the others have kids the same age and *they* were sitting around chatting, so she felt that she could do that too. She doesn't understand that all kids are different. And I strongly doubt that OP's laziness ceases to be an issue when leaving the playgroup, so I can imagine her "relaxing" at home as well. Basically the other parents have put in work that she seems unwilling to put in, and she doesn't get that

2) The host's child actually had 2 siblings (boys, IIRC) a bit older. So not a FTM, and instead someone who has almost certainly seen some fairly rough behavior. (I'm saying that as a mom with 2 boys myself.)

3) All of the other kids could play along nicely, and play with the toys nicely. OP's child was the only disruptive one in a group of otherwise very well-parented kids.

4) The host mom was having to actually continually correct OP's kid, sometimes even regarding the same toy. If she can get there in time, call out faster, etc, than OP when OP is supposed to be 100% looking after her own kid, then OP is certainly not appropriately supervising her child.

So not an issue with the host and most certainly an issue with the OP.

And that's even if the group wasn't being hosted at someone's private residence where they are of course free to invite (or disinvite, as it were) whomever they choose.[/quote]

This is a great summary of what we learned about OP in the other thread. She refused the advice there apparently and is now facing the consequence of not changing her own behavior to better parent her child.[/quote]

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