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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a gross, weird question. I let my kids play with any kid who is [b]kind, respectful, and who they want to play with[/b]. If I don't care for the parents, I invite the kids for drop-off playdates at our home or meet up somewhere with an escape plan and good entertainment. I do not "filter" their social circle.[/quote]

You are literally filtering your child’s social circle by using these restrictions. 
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And honestly kids who are not kind and respectful are often the ones most in need of kindness themselves. [/quote]

That may be true, but I am wary of having my kid around them.

For instance,  my preschool aged child came home from school and mentioned one of his classmates wanted to "squish a bird".  You better believe that is a huge red flag for some kind of trouble in his home or behavioral issue, and I absolutely want to protect my kid from that.  No playdate with that family. [/quote]

Eh… I get where you are coming from, but I would meet the kid and get to know him a bit before judging too quickly. You don’t want to teach your kid to be close minded and what are you going to do if your kid says or does something weird one day? Preschoolers are random and it could mean absolutely nothing. I would even go so far as to say that it’s normal for them to explore many things they don’t understand at that age, including death and power. If the kid was 7 or 8 and saying that stuff that is a bit weirder but could still mean any number of things.[/quote]

There are also some fidget toys that are shaped like birds, and the child squishes them in their hand.  I would want to know the context, but if the chidl is truly wanting to kill a live bird?  Yeah no.[/quote]

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