Anonymous wrote:We just drove 7 hours to see you so our kids could play together. Would it kill you to tell your children to put down their iPads and play with their cousins? Thanks.

+1. Same exact situation. It's sad, but gives me more ammo to convince DH not to do it again.

And you too Uncle!

If it's a meal or kind of a daylong event? Sure. We'll all be fully present and spending time together.

If you park it in my home for days on end and expect us to cook, clean, and activity-plan for you? Yeah, nope. At some point, we want to be home and enjoying our break. And yeah, that means a bit more screen time and doing whatever we want. You're welcome to fall in with us if you like. But if you expect museums and hours of chatting, make your visit shorter, or stay in a hotel. We want to veg out with our holiday. We do plenty of activities and museums and family talks throughout the year. There are very few days we can just hang out and play with new toys and watch shows and have screen time. We're vegging out, thanks.

Anonymous wrote:We just drove 7 hours to see you so our kids could play together. Would it kill you to tell your children to put down their iPads and play with their cousins? Thanks.

The kids are not going to treat your kids like long lost besties if you only see them once a year due to the 7 hour drive. Don’t act like you did the other family a favor by bringing your kids to their house. And the younger the kids, the more significant an age gap is... your 5 yo might be too young for the 7 yo to even give the time of day if they met at a playground.

Anonymous wrote:Try to think of when you were a kid not all kids of similar ages have similar interests. ESP if one family is pro-Nerf but your family is against Nerf or against plastic toys etc...

We are pro all toys. I definitely remember playing with my mixed age cousins!

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Anonymous wrote:Are your kids similar ages?

5 and 7. Close enough.

Mine is 5. Theirs is 7.

All of their children are 7? Twins?

Try to think of when you were a kid not all kids of similar ages have similar interests. ESP if one family is pro-Nerf but your family is against Nerf or against plastic toys etc...

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Anonymous wrote:Are your kids similar ages?

5 and 7. Close enough.

Mine is 5. Theirs is 7.

Anonymous wrote:Are your kids similar ages?

5 and 7. Close enough.

Anonymous wrote:Are your kids similar ages?

+1. My 11 and 13 yos will indulge their 6 and 7 yo cousins for a little while, but it gets boring for them fast.

Are your kids similar ages?

+100

How long are you staying?

Anonymous wrote:We just drove 7 hours to see you so our kids could play together. Would it kill you to tell your children to put down their iPads and play with their cousins? Thanks.

+1000000

We just drove 7 hours to see you so our kids could play together. Would it kill you to tell your children to put down their iPads and play with their cousins? Thanks.