Give me a break! Do you worry about other kids getting jealous if your child is playing with someone else?

[disneymom2two]

My 6 year old was playing in the backyard with the neighbor's kids 3 kids (our backyards butt up to each other).  The fence is mostly down between the yards so they run back and forth.  My daughter came to ask me if I could sit and watch them from the window because the other mom said they have to play in the corner of my yard where there's still fence up so that the little girls who live across from them can't see through her yard into mine and get jealous that her kids are playing with someone.  WTF?  I don't tend to stay outside with my 6 year old any longer when she's in the yard.  The windows are open and I can hear her.  I'm sick so I'm not going outside but I'm not going to sit and stare out the window either.  There's a window beside my computer so I've been looking outside off and on but really do you worry about kids getting jealous if yours play with someone else?  I don't really know the other kids.  I wouldn't care if they played in my yard with the others as long as I'm not expected to sit on top of them but I'm going back to bed soon.

[Jinx-Troublex3]

A lil crazy.... unless she doesn't like the other kids for some reason and doesn't want them to come play and doesn't have the balls to say, "Sorry, not right now, my kids are busy"

[MaddieBsMommy]

I don't personally, but this has been an issue since DD was little, and she's now 11, and it's still an issue....we live in a rural community, so there's no neighbors persay, but we have her friends over alot, and somebody is always "mad" because they didn't get to come or so and so always comes more blah, blah....now it's the who is your bff issue, you're not my bff anymore because you like so and so more.....I think it's just inevitable and something they'll grow out of, but as a parent, no, doesn't bother me in the least if someone doesn't agree with who my child is hanging with that weekend....

[cjsmom1]

I don't worry about that

[chinosruca]

Can you call the mom & see what's going on?

[CreziaMommyTo2]

i dont worry about that.  i wouldnt care honestly either.. if my children arent friends with the neighbors kids i am NOT going to force them to play with them or make them hide.

[wakymom]

 I don't worry about that- that thought has never even occurred to me, ever. In fact, if one of my kids isn't home when a friend comes looking for them b/c they're at someone else's house, I'll tell them that. It gives them the option of going over to the other house and joining in. If my kids have friends over, and another neighbor kids comes over asking if they can play, I let them know so-and-so is here, too, come on in.

 

 

 

 

 

[SahmTam]

 No, I wouldn't worry about that at all. But I will admit to making my kids play out of sight when there are annoying kids out who will just come over uninvited and get into all of our stuff. lol

[aetrom]

That is silly!

[A_McCool]

That is crazy.  I don't understand it at all.  The kids around here pretty much know which ones are allowed to play in my yard and which ones aren't.  I had to send a couple of girls home just a couple of days ago.  I would never make my kids hide from the other kids.

[Qsmiling]

DD occasionaly got a little social problem(some kid gets jealousy if she plays with other kids bla bla bla). I always try to give her some positive advice. Can't believe that a mom would bring up the whole jealous thing even before the kids do!