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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My rules are you can play on sidewalks and in front yards but do not go into anyone's house or fenced back yard. Some people have questionable dogs and some parents I just don't trust. But I want my kids to get exercise and have unstructured play.
Some kids get very pushy asking for food and you have to learn to just say no. I wanted to have the hang-out house and now I'm realizing no, I don't want that because user parents will have no problem sending their kids over every day and even having you feed them lunch (and no, none of these people are poor.)[/quote]

I find it strange adults who can afford to feed kids, will not.  Give them a grilled cheese or something cheap.  [/quote]

Half of DCUM is terrified of being "taken advantage of" by having kids in their house or giving them food. It's weird.[/quote]

Yes! We live in Silver Spring near "the poors." These folks would not hesitate to feed my child a snack. There is A LOT of weirdness around food/snacks in this area, and it is mostly a white people thing in my experience.[/quote]

So I am one of the white people who has some food weirdness. I think a lot of white people were raised by almond moms and we didn't get snacks. Some of it was to keep us thin, some to be healthy and some so we didn't spoil our dinner. I feel weird feeding other kids snacks because my mom didn't like me getting snacks from others. And then there's allergies nonstop with everyone these days. My non white friends told me that they got a lot more snacks as kids.

My kids have an almond dad who is a health freak and he can't stand kids eating snacks. Sigh. I make sure to have boxes of ice pops on standby for all the kids. They're universally loved, cheap and store easily in the freezer.[/quote]

Give the kids fruits and veggies.  Not hard to give some celery and carrots. [/quote]

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