I'm a single mum, and in just over a week I'm going on holiday with another mum and her 2 DC (she's married but husband isn't coming with us). She's one of my closest friends but I just wanted some advice from those who've done this before as how we all best get along and have a lovely week.
My main concern is our DC. We have 2 kids aged 5 and 8(hers)/9(mine) each. The younger ones are easy going as anything but the older ones are like chalk and cheese. My 9yo is fairly carefree and will try anything without complaint but she's also very blunt and speaks her mind, so for example she is happy to say "I want to play on my own now" and will walk away even if the other person wants to carry on playing. whereas my friend's DD is quite an anxious little thing, more cautious than DD and also more sensitive. She likes to be in charge of the activity, which my DD is absolutely fine with as she says this girl always thinks of cool things to do. But she's also quite clingy with DD and is very dependant on knowing they're the bestest of best friends. For example she will tell DD she loves her etc but DD really isn't into being affectionate with anyone but me, her dad and brother, so just says 'ok' back and the other little girl gets really upset. Another example is they came to DD's birthday party a few months ago and they had to leave because the other little girl was upset that DD was playing with her other friends so much. Which DD was in turn upset about as she doesn't like to be made to feel guilty.
I'm a bit nervous about how we will all live together in a cottage for a week 😬 any general advice or advice to minimise any upset they may cause each other? I teach much older kids who have a much different dynamic with one another and I'm a bit clueless when it comes to smaller ones.