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[quote=Anonymous]OP: I think many folks are being too mean to you, but I would chalk quite a bit of this up to you being a parent of younger kids. I know basically 0 teenagers who would ever choose the option to go hang out w/ little kids they don't know in what would 100% amount to a babysitting situation. The fact that you later said they could go watch whatever movie the little kids were watching and thought again that they'd want to go... babysit is kind of crazy.

Most teens I know would not only expect to stay for the adult dinner... they would expect to be expected to stay for the adult dinner unless the little kids were family members/very good family friends. Like even if they'd rather go read a book or play video games most of our friends' teens would know that they right answer was to be polite, eat & socialize.

Now, after dinner is a different story... I think then it would depend on the activity. They would typically stay & join in a board game or family game (charades) and we'd often pull in anyone 8+ or so for that as well. If, instead, it was really just adults chatting over drinks, most teens would happily excuse themselves if they had a non-boring/non-babysitting option. TV/computer in a private room, for instance. Here there's the complicating factor that the teen may not get to see her dad a lot... and the dad has a brand new wife & kid! In those circumstances, I would never make a big deal out of trying to get rid of the kid. I'd offer TV/computer once and say it was a standing offer and the end. [/quote]

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