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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the PPs that this is a problem of your own making.  Your house, your rules.  You are expecting these kids to behave like yours but you've never explained the rules.  When the kids in our neighborhood (including ours) were old enough to start going to a neighbor's house (including ours) independently, we parents spoke briefly about neighborhood rules.  Here are some of them:

1.  Kids feel free to knock on the door, parents feel free to say no and send them home.
2.  Your house, your rules.  Kids are expected to follow the rules.
3.  Kids can't leave one neighbor's house for another without telling their own parent.
4.  If a kid is supposed to be home at a certain time, that kid tells the parent of the house he's going to and that parent will set a timer.

Kids have had their share of arguments and unpleasant incidents.  I've told neighbor kids to clean up before they leave my house and my kids have cleaned up at the neighbors.  Sometimes they've needed a break from each other and no one had a problem with their kid getting sent home. It teaches the kids how to get along, how to handle conflict and keeps parents from getting angry and resentful - like you are.[/quote]

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