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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was with a friend and her daughters were picking flowers with my daughter. I told my daughter to stop and she did. She knows better. I mentioned to my friends and they didn’t seem to care. They gave them each a bag to put all the flowers they had collected. My daughter also wanted something to collect the flowers and I told her she cannot go around picking flowers from parks and hotels.

I thought my friends were rude and not parenting but clearly they are nothing compared to some of the parents mentioned on this thread.[/quote]

Yes, I've been in this situation too.  I stop my kids from pulling leaves off bushes and trees when we are walking around our neighborhood.  Because those plants are not OURS to destroy.  Same with flowers.  We don't pick other people's flowers.  We can pick wild flowers, yes.  Dandelion, buttercups, anything weed like.  But the neighbor's daffodils are off limits.  It's about respecting other people's property and leaving public spaces as nice as when you arrived.

I have had a few awkward exchanges with a neighbor/friend who lets her kids rip things to shreds.  I won't allow it when they are on my street, because I respect my neighbors and don't want them upset.  She always seems to be surprised I'm stopping them.  I don't yell at them, but I will repeatedly ask them to stop, her children included.  If my child is still participating, I will pull my kid aside and tell them if they do it again, the play date is over. But it is irritating the other mom doesn't seem to grasp the concept that these plants are not yours to destroy.  We are otherwise good friends, but this theme does come up now and then in our parenting, and creates some tension.  [/quote]

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