just picked up my dd from playdate and was told that the return visit to our house would not happen because she didn't think that her dd would be safe.
turns out that the play dates mum had heard gossip that our small neighbourhood has regular afternoon wine drinking sessions on the communal lawn and that the children run around unchecked by their parents. school gate has it that my neighbours smell of booze at the drop off in the morning.
i explained that i rarely drink alcohol, even at home when children have gone to bed, and that i always supervise my children when they are playing out. i promised that i would not let her child come in contact with any social stuff that my neighbours do, except possibly to walk past them to get to our house. playdate set up but this has worried me - what should i do?