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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I agree you have to take better care of your things and put things out of reach of little children, it seems to me it is also the toddler's parents. I have a toddler (almost 2y) and if she was touching other's people stuff I would take it away from her, give it back or put it back and apologize. And every time she went back for it I would say "no" and remove her if posible. If it was friend's things I old ask them to put it out of reach, but ultimately, the responsibility to make sure my child didn't touch other's belongings it's mine. That is not hypothetical - intuitions like that have happened many times in the past year.

Op, I think you shoul be annoyed at the parents and ask them to please watch their child better next time and don't let him touch our stuff.

I am also mildly amused at the majority of answers here... Would you people really not take responsibility for your children's actions just and expect the other people around you to "move their things?" that explains A LOT about these bratty teens we see everyday. Entitled pople.[/quote]

I agree.  If my kids were opening up someone else's bag and taking stuff out, I would not be amused, think it was cute, or say - oh that's kids being kids.  Yes, as much as possible you try to put things out the way, but no, you can't put everything out the way.  Just like PP, I would say no to my toddler, and ask parent if it would be okay to put it X (in my pocket or backpack if the parents didn't have anywhere to put it other than the diaper bag), so it is out the way.  Bottom line to the OP, I don't think your friend is going to offer to look much less help with the cost to replace the keys.  I think the ugly secret is once you have kids, among your friends, you will do playdates more with people that have either a similar child rearing style, or people that try to find the middle ground between styles.  You can still be best friends, invite each other to kids birthday parties and do things without the kids and maintain the friendship until the kids are of an age where it isn't cool to do playdates.   At this point, there is no use being angry with anyone, - no use crying over spilt milk and all that.  If you do another playdate with said friend, pick location carefully, and watch your stuff.  You may also decide that you guys have very different childrearing styles if she doesn't really watch her own kids when you get together so better to only plan outings that don't include the kids - get together for lunch with friends - without the kids in order to have a chance to talk.  Reality is that it is tough to have any real conversation when kids are young if you are actively watching your kids.[/quote]

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