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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds normal to me.  After she asked once I would have put the gift away.  Kids might be uncomfortable with new foods.[/quote]
I am getting so tired of the responses justifying all children’s bad behavior. So they ate four snacks but “might be uncomfortable with new foods”? Uh, ok. [/quote]

I think it's over the top to say that a kid asking if they can have chips or a cookie is rude.  You are well within your rights to say "no, we're having apple slices for snack" but the kid wanting a cookie just makes them a kid who has been given a cookie at a previous playdate and had high hopes.  (Or, worst case scenario, the kid was legitimately hungry and is being demonized for being excited about having access to what seemed like unlimited food, but I would hope that OP would be at least somewhat sensitive to that dynamic.)

OP, leaving out a new toy in a box during a playdate and saying that it cannot be played with is a poor choice.  If you don't want to play with it, you put it away before guests come over.  [/quote]

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