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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the OP: Have you witnessed your child talking with adults when she should be playing with the other children or are you just worried she might do this based on how she interacts with you at home?

It looks to me like we have some PPs that have gone off the rails with assumptions about your daughter based on your descriptions of her being comfortable talking with adults (which many kids are not).  My daughter is very comfortable talking with DH and I at home in the evening and sounds a lot like your daughter, but with friends she is off and playing with the other girls and not the least bit interested in what the adults are talking about.  How they are with you doesn't necessarily dictate how they would interact with other parents on a play date.[/quote]

I don't blame you for not reading closely the entire 6 pages, but in a nutshell, OP's DD questions adults on house rules in host's houses: "Why no markers on the table, we don't have that rule at home".  Which goes a little beyond being non-shy with adults. So no, this thread is not entirely off the rails. But the OP is so focused on gender empowerment and Sheryl Sandberg, that she is not able to digest any other views.[/quote]

I saw the no markers thing, but other than that she keeps saying, DD is like this with us, I wonder if she is like this with other parents.  This just seems like another thread where everyone is over thinking things, OP included.  OP should just invite some kids over if she wants her child to have some play dates and then see how it goes vs. all this wondering.

FWIW, if a child came to my house and asked about house rules that were different than what he/she was used to in an inquisitive way (vs. a rude way), and only asked once and then complied, that wouldn't bother me at all.  Some kids are just inquisitive. [/quote]

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