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[quote=Anonymous]If you want  deal with this easily, why not do so with your kids? At 6 and 3.5 you can tell them that they are allowed to play with these girls and other kids in MIL's neighborhood OUTSIDE but they are not allowed to go into anyone's homes? 6 and 3.5 is old enough to understand that and to understand there will be consequences if they don't listen to your rule.

I live in a nice neighborhood where most of us know each other and there are several families with this rule. The kids don't bat an eye when they say - hey want to come play xbox and the other kid responds, sorry my mom said I can only play with friends outside or in my own house so I can't come in. The kids either find an outdoor game or if there are more that want to/can go inside and play there, then the kid who isn't allowed leaves and visits again another day.

Some neighbors just don't feel comfortable sending their kid into someone else's home, and I get that; I mean we see them as we drive by, maybe we chat on a snow day, but how well do you REALLY know them and what goes on in their home, how they supervise etc. In my area this came about bc a LOT of families bring in grandparents from India, China, Pakistan etc. to come help raise kids; while I have nothing against that, even if I feel like I know my neighbors, I don't know their in laws and sometimes they don't speak English well so I question how much they can control and supervise a bunch of 6 yr olds esp if they get unruly, if an injury arises etc.[/quote]

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