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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you sure he didn’t eat and doesn’t just lie to get another lunch? Some kids would. I’d ask the parents before I believe the kid didn’t get any lunch. [/quote]

We realized our neighbors were doing this among other things that were kind of rude and inappropriate, so we started being "unavailable" so much that they stopped interacting with us in that way.  It became just too much.  Not only were the kids always at my house, they constantly asked for food, drinks and snacks, etc.  I always called over to make sure the parents were ok with them having whatever it was they were asking for.  The parents always said, "Absolutely!  They can have whatever."  I would never let me kids spend that kind of time at someone's house and not require that they come home for major meals and snacks, etc.  So annoying.

Once I saw their mom walk in their house with fast food bags as I was still making breakfast for my kids.  The neighbor kids walked over to our house with the last bits of their meal in hands, finishing it up.  Because my kids weren't quite ready to play yet since they hadn't yet eaten, I told the neighbor kids they were welcome to stay if they wanted but my kids needed a little more time since they hadn't had breakfast at that point.  One of the kids said, "No big deal, I'd like a second breakfast."   :shock:

To be clear, the neighbors seem to have enough resources to provide food for their children.  I really think the kids liked the snacks and food we gave our kids better and the parents just didn't think much of the fact that they spent so much time at our house and pretty much ate lunch, snacks and occasionally dinner with us every day.  It was an awkward situation to navigate and I really felt used and put upon.  I'm sure I let it go on longer than I should have.[/quote]

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