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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was growing up, we had a lot of family friends. My parents were friends with their parents. We would all get together and the kids were expected to play nice with each other, whether we "clicked" or not. We kids never became great friends but these friends were a different kind of friend and we learned to get along with people who weren't exactly like us. As adults we are still in touch and probably better friends now. These are life lessons that kids need to learn. When did it happen that kids get to dictate everyone in their world. Have a family bbq like PP suggested.[/quote]

Funny, when I grew up I made my own friends.  My parents had friends over too that all had kids but they all played outside with the rest of the 20+ kids wandering the neighborhood and everyone found someone to like.  We handle it all for good or bad and it just worked.  And all our parents where inside smoking and drinking a brew without a freaking care in the world.  What the hell is wrong with us.  Why are we adding all this stress about our kids lives and friendships?[/quote]

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