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[quote=Anonymous]My 3rd grader has experienced this off and on for a while. We live in a tiny city house (not DC) but she goes to a school in a nearby neighborhood with vast lots, waterfront, basements, guest houses, etc. She usually loves our house but not when it’s our turn to host a Girl Scout meeting or we’re having a gathering of friends who don’t come over regularly and some kid makes a not-so-innocent comment. Some of the things kids have said include “where’s your playroom”, “where’s your basement”, “where’s the rest of the house?”, “why is your kitchen so small?”And “is this your whole house?” (I’ve had that thought sometimes). It stings when it comes from someone with multiple wings in their house or inherited wealth from a famous grandparent. We’re proud of our house and hustled to get it, but we also know there is bigger and better out there.

Some kids are shockingly rude and your kid may have experienced that. You’d be surprised what I’ve overheard as a invisible mom volunteering at various stuff- kids know a lot more about money and real estate costs than I did as a child, and some kids really brandish that information in the older elementary grade.

DD is definitely is more attracted to friendships with friends from similar backgrounds to ours and her closest friend is in a small townhouse and shares a bedroom with an opposite-gender sibling. Ask your child if there is anyone she does want to have over 1:1 or on an outing. I also try to have an activity to do. An involved craft or baking project keeps the playdate from going into house tour/hide-and-seek territory.[/quote]

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