My son never gets invited back to anyone's house

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My son is 8 , he's got a fair few friends that come over pretty much every day . I love that he's socialising etc BUT it's always my house that everyone ends up in !! He goes out and meet his friend down by the little park and they always end up back here at mine , don't get me wrong I don't mind that much but the mess is getting on my nerves , not to mention the constant knocking of kids and then I also feel bad as they stay until 8pm so end up making dinner etc ... I over heard one mum saying about another mum that she never allows any kids over because her house is immaculate and basically kicks him out all evening ( then he comes to mine !!) my son has NEVER been invited to a sleep over ( these friend have stayed over loads of times and he never gets invited back even to play ) it really winds me up that no one returns favours of play dates or sleepovers ever . I feel sorry for my son as he was pretty upset when he realised that he never gets invited to sleepovers so I guess I just invite friends to sleep over in the hope they return the gesture but never do . Sorry to Rant 😂

Your ds is very lucky to have an accommodating parent. Apart from the house proud mum, perhaps the others have more children or other reasons for not reciprocating beyond being just too lazy. You could just send them home at meal times. The other thing to do would be to get your ds to knock on your door or ask parents to look after your ds while you go out or have a rest because you have a migraine or some such.

Hi - yes that's not a bad idea I don't think they would mind having him . Would just be nice for him to feel wanted over for a sleepover ! I've got three kids including a small baby too so my life is hectic like other mums with more kids , and a couple of his friends are only children or have grown up brother and sisters . Ah well xx