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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would have called his mother the first time to pick him up and there would never have been another play date and would have told her why.
Three year olds do not tell me what they are going to do when in my house.   Also, I do not put up with tantrums and brats.[/quote]

And go ahead and step away from the friendship. In my experience, the "discipline divide" will just widen between you two moms.

Bigger kids = bigger issues.

I've let seemingly close friendships go due to these insurmountable obstacles; one where a mom disciplined, chastised and criticized my DC in front of me and another where my DC was physically and intentionally hurt/pushed by a slightly older DC. In the first case, I saw this friend out of my house and that was the end of the relationship. The latter situation was more nuanced - this was a neighbor family. I talked to the mom and her response was to laugh it off and claim DC's "lack of social skills and quirkiness." I kept my DC away from hers and never invited her DC to ever be unsupervised around mine.[/quote]

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