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etiquette for checking on kids playing out.

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HysteryMystery · 06/09/2019 16:05

My DC are 7&9 and are allowed to "play out" on the patch of green in the park which I can see from my kitchen window. We're in a block of flats which back onto the park. I don't trust them further as they get quite rough together.

Neighbours downstairs have just moved in with a 9 year old girl. She has some friends over, a class mate of DS's and a younger brother who must be 5-6. They've asked my kids to go to the playground. The park is split so the playground is further back than the green and I can't see it from my flat. I can hear them though!

Is it bad form to check on them?

As my DC were invited is it a given that the other parents will check on them?

The mothers of both sets of children were sitting out in the downstairs neighbour's garden when the kids left.

(I'm on crutches so there's a bit of self-interest in not bothering to go and check.)

OP posts:
bluebellation · 06/09/2019 16:07

Sounds fine to me - you'll hear if there's trouble!

PullingMySocksUp · 06/09/2019 16:07

I would check on them when I felt I needed to, and not worry about form. Smile

MunchMunch · 06/09/2019 16:21

Seeing as the kids are all from the same building (or same estate) I think you should still be responsible for your own dc, same for the other dm's.

If you can hear them is it possible to shout from your kitchen window every now and again to ask if they're ok?

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