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[quote=Anonymous]I’d tell my kid that they need to follow our family rules regardless of the other family.  Additionally, they may need to follow the other family’s rules when socializing together out of courtesy and respect, but that if the other family chooses to waive the rule on their own (without lobbying from my child), then the rule is waived for mine as well.  It should be clear that my child shouldn’t lobby to overturn the other families rules, and that  neither complaints from my child or the other child should be expected to overturn my rules.

That being said, my kids know that while fits will always work against them, there is room for calm, reasoned negotiation.  For example, if I tell them we’re leaving in five minutes and they politely ask for a little extra time to finish their game, etc., I would probably give it to them, unless there was a specific reason not to.  If the other mom said they needed to wrap up in five minutes, I’d respect that and back them up, but if they reconsidered and my kid had acted properly and wanted the extra time, I’d probably allow it.  On the other hand, if my kid acted up, the activity would be immediately over, and we would wait to repeat the activity or socialize again with anyone until I felt the child had learned that fits were completely unacceptable. [/quote]

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