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[quote=Anonymous]I was thinking about his too.   When I was in early elementary school through junior high, my mom would frequently drop me off at my bff’s house on Friday after school and not pick me up till Sunday afternoon.   I loved those “Nancy weekends”.   Sometimes my brother would come along as Nancy’s brother and my brother were friends.   While at Nancy’s house we would be 100% unsupervised.   Like, sleep on the floor in a sleeping bag.   Play hours upon hours of Nintendo.  Rummage through the fridge when we’re hungry.  Make hot chop plate sludge.  To my mind as a parent of young elementary school kids, this was INSANE.   First, I would be truly sad to miss all that quality time with my kids.   Second, in hindsight my mom knew that nancys mom (her good friend) had issues and the dad was often traveling (no sitter).  I’m sure there were lots of points during those weekends when no parent was home but I truly did not notice.  Oh well!   Nancy and I are still good friends but I don’t think she’s as lax a parent as her or my mom we’re either.  [/quote]

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