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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friends and I all correct each other's kids. If I'm handing a bottle of water to my friend's son and he goes to take it without saying thank you, I don't let go.

If my DD leaves her friend's house without saying "Thank you for having me" she will get called back. [/quote]

This annoys me, I have a friend who corrects my child according to HER rules, but not mine.  I've told her several times her ways are not how I parents, but she still keeps correcting my child.

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But it seems to me that the poster you quoted is on the same page as her friends and they're all comfortable with the correction that's going on with the kids.

I'm not that poster, but my circle of family and closest friends is very similar in that we are all very close to each other's kids and take a familial interest in helping to guide them -- heck, the kids grew up calling us all auntie/uncle firstname and I'm even mama firstname for my best friend's kids. We've actually explicitly discussed whether or not we were OK with this type of mutual correction of each other's kids and it turns out that we were all pretty much on the same page. If I know that a relative or close friend not only is OK with but actually wants for me to correct her child's behavior as the supervising adult I am comfortable doing so.

Of course, I would never do so with any kids who are more casual friends or any kids whose parents I didn't specifically know in advance would want me to do so. That would be inappropriate and over the line. 2nd PP, I agree with you that your friend needs to cut it out if you've told her you don't appreciate what she's doing. On the other hand, for many things, I believe in "host parent's house, host parent's rules". [/quote]

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