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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also daycare kids can be a little...rough.  [/quote]

Oh goody. Let's add even more generalizations to this already absurd thread.

The roughest kid we know came to my daughter's 3rd birthday. He's always been at home with a nanny and now his younger sibling.

He had NO idea how to play with children his own age and he, without any provocation, walked up to one girl and shoved his hands into her chest knocking her down and walked up to another girl and took a swipe at her face.

Should I generalize that children at home with nannies or a stay at home parent aren't socialized because of this particular child?

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Just sharing my own experiences - you are welcome to share yours.

We have lots of playdates and there are definitely "trends" for only kids and daycare kids. We still like the kids and continue to play with them, but it doesn't mean they don't have a different style of play. I joke that daycare kids are "street smart".

If anything I am glad my kids get experiences with different styles of play, personalities, etc.

And FWIW our second (brief) nanny liked to play a little rough and I could definitely see that in my children's play.  Our current nanny is much gentler and polite and again it reflects in their play.

It's a little ridiculous to deny that children aren't influenced by their peers/role models. [/quote]

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