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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 8 yo knocks regularly on the door on one friend, unannounced. This kid comes to our house unannounced just as much. If either are busy they return home. Sometimes they play for 10 minutes. Yesterday it was 3 hours.  I think it's wonderful to have a friend so close and I love not having to coordinate play dates anymore. [/quote]

+1.   If you don't want the kid there, just say "we can't right now".  NBD.  I've done this once or twice.  I also love that we don't have to "schedule" a playdate, and kids can just be kids, roaming the neighborhood, looking for someone to play with.  Everything else in their lives are so scheduled.  I'm happy to have this one thing not be scheduled so much.  It gives the kids skills to seek out playmates, things to do, without parents scheduling it for them.[/quote]

That is your family value.  You are missing not everyone feels like dealing with your unsupervised roaming kids.  Tell your brats to keep off others property too.  I get so sick of kids playing in our yard uninvited.  It is not a playground.  You may be ok with kids knocking on your door, but not everyone wants the disruption.  Someone may be sick/sleeping or something else going on.  Call first.  Every time your kid knocks, I will send them away telling them to call first.  At some point, they do it enough, I assume something is wrong with that kid and family and they are not welcome in our home.[/quote]

I don't understand why people like this live in a city. Why not move to the middle of nowhere so you can be alone and not have to scream at the kids to get off your lawn?

My DD's BFF lives a few houses down. She comes and knocks on our door all the time. Sometimes it's to invite DD over, sometimes it's to see if they can play in our yard. I love that she has a good friend nearby and honestly half the time don't even notice she's there. We have curfews set in place to make sure there is time for homework and dinner and family time. And if if's a bad time or I need for the friend to go home, I just say, "Larla, I have to ask you to go home because we need to do (whatever)." and she goes home. If she knocks and it's a bad time DD or I will tell her so. It's not a big deal.[/quote]

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