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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not let my little kids go off with ANYONE I have only know for a few months.[/quote]

This is the correct answer. It’s just not smart at all. He could be Mr Rodgers or he could be a predator- it’s way too soon to know.  Heck, women MARRY men who, years later, they find out were after them just for access to the kids.  [/quote]

Agree, it could be harmless or it could be predatory. In any case, an elderly man taking such a close interest in a single mom w very young kids that he comes over DAILY is not normal, so it deserves some scrutiny. We have a sweet elderly neighbor and she gives our kids gifts like sidewalk chalk and invites them to help her toss birdseed on her driveway when we happen to be outside at the same time. She doesn’t come over every day or take my kids into her house.

If OP had posted, “I am a single SAHM and my 80 year old male neighbor has been coming over every day to have coffee and donuts with me, and I let my 3/4 year olds go on their own with him to his farm”, I don’t there there would be so many of you saying, “Go for it! Sounds wonderful, nothing to worry about”. [/quote]

The friend is a SAHM. I didn't see anything about her being single. And it sounds like they live in an an area where there's not much to do. I'm not saying to blindly trust everyone. But at the same time there is nothing nefarious about neighbors enjoying each others' company. Good grief people. [/quote]
I enjoy my neighbor’s company. My husband is close with him, we BBQ together. I had known him 10 years before we had our child. It would have given me pause if one day he asked my kids over his house alone. Why does he need the company of a three year old, alone? Why isn’t the company of my three year during daily coffee in my presence enough?[/quote]

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