Do you pick your kids friends?

[Y2Khaos]

Do you pick who your kids CAN'T be friends with? If your kid is in school there isn't much you can do while they are in school together but do you tell your kids there are some other children they shouldn't be friends with? Are there some of your kids friends you do not let over your house or you not let your kids go to theirs or play outside of school? If you do, what are your reasons?

Would you discourage/tell them not to be friends with this boy?
8 year old accidentally kills his brother

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[Caution]

Yes i do which is weird since i dont have kids.

 

[Timmers86]

My parents did this with me. At the time (probably 10-13 years old), I was pissed because I really wanted to hang out with a certain group of guys. I'm still a little annoyed now that my parents took out upon themselves to do that, but truth be told almost all of those guys never left my hometown and went no where in life.

So, I'll probably do the same when I have kids.

 

[Mookieftw]

I don't have kids yet, but I think it's odd when parents try to pick friends for their children based on their social standing in school. I saw grown ass people sucking up to sophomores in high school because they were trying to get their child into their "group" or whatever you want to call it.

 

[Gervinho]

Would I stop my kid hanging around with a killer? No, because Im not a judgmental person. Im a cool open minded guy who dont judge people on previous mistakes

 

[WorldofWarcraft]

Of course and it's working. Worked for me and it'll work for her.

 

[Devout Pessimist]

I don't have children but I could imagine that if I did, I would definitely pay attention to who my children were associating with and do my best put a stop to any associations I felt were potentially damaging to my child. Even if that meant the undesirable friend had to suffer an unfortunate accident that couldn't be explained.

To roughly paraphrase Louis C.K, I would confuse another man sexually and then leave him to protect my children.

 

[SammyPops]

My did is almost 4 and there is one kid we do not have individual playdates b/c the mom is a bitch.

My kid plays with that kid in larger groups like birthdate parties

 

[CI]

yeah, and become friends with the parents as well. kids will be kids, if you stop them from hanging out with someone, they will more likely to do it anyway.

 

[CI]

My parents did this with me. At the time (probably 10-13 years old), I was pissed because I really wanted to hang out with a certain group of guys. I'm still a little annoyed now that my parents took out upon themselves to do that, but truth be told almost all of those guys never left my hometown and went no where in life.

So, I'll probably do the same when I have kids.

im guessing they were pot smoking junkies?

 

[Spoken]

Of course and it's working. Worked for me and it'll work for her.

I trust Yoda's words

 

[Cptn1NSAN0]

When I was in elementary school there was this kid whose parents wouldn't let him hang out with me because I had been suspended from school for saying the N bomb. And it was total BS because it was THEIR son who taught me that word and of course my 9 year old brain didn't understand how nasty of a word it was. I'll just always remember being labeled a "bad influence" by these stupid Texans who were too prideful to realize that their precious little boy was a devilish S.O.B.

 

[BUTTCHEDDAR]

Parents wh do this must've been bullied

 

[Charles Brown]

My kids are young enough so that I can dictate who their friends are by who my friends are. My wife and I just stay away from people whose kids we don't like.

 

[SenÖr Whìteßel+]

my dad was telling me a couple years ago that when i was younger, one of my aunts who has no kids and who lived in a different city 8 hours away told another one of my aunts not to let her 3 boys (my cousins) hang around with me cause i was a bad influence. i dont quite remember how old i was. probably in my young teens. i wasnt a bad kid who would get into trouble at all. dont know why she felt like that and it still offends me when i think about it

 

[Charles Brown]

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[JonesBones]

My parents bitched about my friends but never made me stop hanging out with them. They were right on most of their judgments of character.

 

[SenÖr Whìteßel+]

That's what comes from wearing St. Paddy's Day hats in January.

well when i have a themed av made i want to use it. what kind of theme could i get for janurary?

 

[Charles Brown]

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[Badtangent**]

I pick on my kid's friends, you know, push them around, emasculate them in front of girls, give them gay little nicknames. It makes me feel like a big man.