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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello Parents,

This is an honest question, since I am not from here and might not be aware of what the acceptable norms might be in an Elementary School Aftercare setting. 
My kids go to aftercare every day and usually play with the same group of 2-6 kids, but are especially close to 2 kids, who are siblings. So, I see those 2 kids every single school day, since I and the other parent pick up at the same time. The other parent and I are not friendly.  I always say a quick hello to those kids, but I engaged in a little conversation with them the other day, since there was a conflict situation between them and one of my kids. This also happened another time some time ago. They are not big issues, you know, stuff like one kid excluded the other kid from playing etc, and I would just have a friendly little chat with them about what happened. But both my kids and the aftercare instructors are present and the conversation is not confrontational.  When the other parent arrives and sees that I am talking to her kids, she seems to get upset about it. So, my question is: am I not supposed to talk to her kids?  Is this not acceptable in this culture? It is strange for me since the the kids are very friendly, so I do not understand why the mother would have to be so jumpy about it when she sees it. I am going to talk to the aftercare director and ask him this too, but I was curious to get some feedback. Thank you! [/quote]

Nope- you're only allowed to talk with other children about their behavior if they are in your care, or it's dangerous or egregious and their parents or caregivers are not immediately present. I would be pretty upset if my child had a normal altercation with another child at school and another parent became involved. [/quote]

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