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[quote=Anonymous]We have the free roaming kid neighborhood. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I'm soooo grateful that my kids (esp my son) are playing outside, practicing basketball, riding bikes and not playing video games inside. I provide endless snacks.

I have a 3 year old though and she wants to be outside nonstop too. Except she's too little and I need to watch her still. She basically wants to spend 8 hours outside on weekend days and about 3 hours on weekdays. It all sounds okay, but then my whole life is falling apart because I can't cook dinner, can't get my laundry done, can't pick up the house. I'm only sort of exaggerating- I work full time too. And then the kids come inside hot, ragged and starving, but there's no food because I had to sit out there watching my 3 year old try to run in the streets for 3 hours. I feel like I'm losing my mind over it and have started bribing her to stay indoors with me. It works sometimes, but then she tries to sneak out a lot.

OP- you don't need to feed the kids unless you want to. I don't expect anyone to feed my kids but if another mom kept passing them out snacks, I'd just figure she's generous. Just say no to them! Cover your doorbell with paper that says "no ringing". [/quote]

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