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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ack! This thread is making me feel guilty. My daughter loves having her friends over, but our house is on the smaller side and they take up a lot of SPACE. I admit having them over makes me anxious. I basically hide in my room. I wish my house was bigger! I’m really going to try to be more relaxed & welcoming like the PP’s suggestion.  [/quote]

Please don't be hard on yourself, I'm sure your DD understands. ❤

Do you have a yard?

If you do, you can relieve your guilt by making your yard a super cool hang out spot, and the kids love being outside.

When we're moved into the house we just bought, we put twinkle lights out, bought a firepit (mine are teens though).
We also bought these great all weather chairs that are actually quite comfortable to hang out in.
We also bought these wireless, portable speakers, and wireless portable chargers too, so they could all be outside, listening to music and they don't have to worry about their phones dying

Yes, my kids and their friends love hanging inside during the summertime when the weather is stifling hot and buggy, but they REALLY love hanging outside in the fall making s'mores, during the winter (before it gets too cold) hanging in front of the firepit, and springtime just before it gets really hot in this area.

I've always let them decide whether they hang  inside or out and 9 times out of 10 they prefer to hang outside... it's something about being in the open air, and regardless that I'm all the way upstairs and totally out of earshot, I think being outside just really gives them a sense of being on their own and have privacy.

I think it especially works when you have most of the comforts of inside outside (all except the xbox, lol).

Best part is that I got everything I mentioned (the twinkle lights, the fire pit, the chairs, the wireless speakers & wireless chargers, etc) all for under $200.

So, you don't have to spend a lot of money for kids to want to hang out at your home too. 😉

* btw, I'm the pp who's mom passed from pancreatic cancer on page 1.[/quote]

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