8yo & 6yo neighbor kids just showed up at our door: "Can your kids play?"

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Aug 15, 2022
2:47:56pm

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8yo & 6yo neighbor kids just showed up at our door: "Can your kids play?"

Me: "Did you want to play here or have them come to your house?"
Kids: "We were wondering if we could hang out here because there are no grown-ups at our house. Our mom just left for work, and we are supposed to text her to tell her where we are."
Me: "Come on in (face palm)."

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8yo & 6yo neighbor kids just showed up at our door: "Can your kids play?"

8/15/22 2:47pm

Are there older siblings at least at their home? Bad parents if they took off

pegushin

8/15/22 2:48pm

Sounds like those kids handled it as well as they could.

8/15/22 2:48pm

Pretty cool that your house is the house they wanted to go to.

Manti

8/15/22 2:49pm

Yeah, no problem having the kids here. And I don't know the mom's situation...

8/15/22 2:53pm

Do you at least know the mom (or dad) fairly well?

crack

8/15/22 2:53pm

They are new to the neighborhood, so not really.

8/15/22 2:56pm

That's even crazier. I could "almost" see doing it in a neighborhood where

crack

8/15/22 3:00pm

It is like you are living back in the 80's where kids were told to be home

Pangare

8/16/22 9:36am

Your house seems like a safe place for littles to congregate

BYUheaven

8/15/22 2:50pm

On the other hand, being free babysitters would get really old really fast.

bluecheese

8/15/22 2:56pm

We have 9 3rd graders on my street

JOPE

8/15/22 2:51pm

I have been a nursery assistant probably 12 of last 15 years. I know more about

crack

8/15/22 3:01pm

Thumbs up to you for letting them in. Massive thumbs down for those parents shoving the responsibility on someone else.

byuluvr

8/15/22 2:56pm

That was normal when I was kid except the part about going to house with parents

Belboz

8/15/22 2:57pm

[Angry flash backs.]

Mister P

8/15/22 2:57pm

It really bothers me when working mothers try to take advantage of my wife,

Ozymandias

8/15/22 2:59pm

We had one in our old ward pass around a sign up sheet in RS and YW

Mister P

8/15/22 3:18pm

THANK YOU. 1000%

brazilcoug

8/15/22 3:35pm

Tangent Alert - RS leaders who'd call my wife for short-notice, quasi-"urgent"

BlueInfidel

8/16/22 4:49am

don't worry, your kids will still have advantages that the other parents are..

Pangare

8/16/22 9:40am

Unreal

Backcountry

8/15/22 3:05pm

I’m dealing with this today, too. It gets old. I’m looking forward to school

aussiecoug

8/15/22 3:10pm

Got some context from my wife (who is working today)

8/15/22 3:27pm

That was pretty normal when I was a kid 30 years ago. None of our parents really

jmorrrrr

8/15/22 3:28pm

That happens all the time at our house but we know the families. Thing that bugs

Undefeated

8/15/22 3:38pm

If it bugs you, maybe you shouldn't let them eat at your house.

ochobeeguy

8/15/22 4:03pm

Why would I start treating others poorly just cause they treat my kids poorly?

Undefeated

8/15/22 4:16pm

Not sure how that is treating them poorly. Is it their only source of meals?

ochobeeguy

8/15/22 4:45pm

Substitute poorly with a softer word then. Less hospitable maybe. They aren't

Undefeated

8/15/22 5:24pm

I don't see this as pawning off the kids. Just normal life

MogollonMtsCoug

8/15/22 4:24pm

Did you not see where he said they were 8 and 6? A parent shouldn’t be leaving

Ozymandias

8/15/22 4:25pm

This is how they are supposed to be raised?

ochobeeguy

8/15/22 4:46pm

Who do you call? Is this 911 first? Or is there a better route to go when you

Backcountry

8/15/22 4:39pm

Even with his updated info that an older sibling was there at the house, it’s

aussiecoug

8/15/22 4:45pm

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