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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to host the other kid and not arrange to also have the other mom there. [/quote]

This. I totally get not wanting to host younger siblings but no, I’m not going to bend over backwards to have a playdate with you/find childcare for my other kids so I can sit in your house and watch one of my kids play. And if we are meeting in a public place like the zoo/a park, of course I’m bringing my other kids! [/quote]

I have 3 kids. Sometimes DH takes 1 to an activity while I’m watching the other 2, so you’re getting 2 kids with me unless it’s drop off. And if your kids comes to play at my house, they need to at least be nice to the siblings. I’m not kicking 2 of my kids out of the play space because your kid is over.

Honestly, the kids with similar age siblings (to my kids’ ages) get invited over the most because they know how to do cross-age play and they’re used to including their own siblings. So I don’t have to oversee/negotiate things as much. If your only child expects to just play with their one friend then it will be rare occasions when the other 2 are occupied because by elementary school I expect play dates to generally make my life easier than be something I have to arrange my whole family’s schedule to accommodate.

FWIW, I’m an only child and I definitely remember hanging out with my friends’ siblings when I was growing up. They are part of my childhood memories and we would all play together. Sometimes I’d even have a pair of sisters both over to my house to play. I also remember my best friend’s little brother was always crashing our slumber parties and we would put makeup on him.[/quote]

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