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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I am also really mindful of this discrepancy when our kids are playing and the other parents are around.  Their kids see our kids doing something, and then their kids want to do the same thing.  But it's something the other kids would never allow their kids to do.  Either because they are more cautious, or because they are younger.

But in effect, our kids are the bad influences and the other parents end up having to set limits or deal with whining and tantrums. [/quote]

Oh geez, let the other parents control their own kids. Good news, you don't have to worry about this!

My son is 12 now. But at a local park, there's a little stream that runs through. My son loved it, it was the highlight of the park. (It's like a 4" deep trickle).

If we went with/met up with a friend and that mom was opposed to playing in the stream for whatever reason (usually too muddy), of course I taught my kid to be polite and play with his friend instead of in the stream.

But otherwise, he was free to play in it even if other random kids (or classmates we happened to run in to) had tantrums because their moms said no.

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