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Delicate situation

My daughter now has a best friend. Only problem is is that her and her best friend insist on spending every waking hour together. At first I thought this was cute and was quite happy that she finally had someone around our park to chum out with. But now things are starting to get a little out of hand and I’m not really sure where to proceed with this.

This other girl shows up on the door step first thing every morning to walk with the kids to the bus stop. She is calling constantly for her to go to her place to play or for her to come here and is also begging for sleepovers. I have tried to explain to the girls that they can’t spend every day all day together. Especially on a school night. Now she has taken to start waiting for her at the bus stop until she gets home (my daughter comes home on a later bus). When she gets off the bus they are at me to let her go to her house. But I have told them both. Not on a school night.

Now for the tricky part. This girl just happens to be my husband’s bosses daughter. So when we tell the girl or our daughter no we are walking on very thin ice just waiting to see what will be said because we said “no”. But I have told my husband just because she is the bosses daughter we cannot relax the rules. I just hope that over time this situation straightens out itself.

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Angeline (Who am I?) Says:
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:25 am
hmmmm… sticky issue…at first I wanted to say “because its the boss’s daugther, then maybe you should close one eye”… but when I sat back and think for a couple of seconds I see danger… having best friend is great, but being too close its dangerous cos’ jealousy will arise and problems come when jealousy is present in the hearts…

go with what you believe in and I hope your hubby stand by you, even though he knows that it MIGHT be putting his job at risk… hmmmm….

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Lynne (Who am I?) Says:
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
You’ve done exactly the right thing, setting the ground rules. Now you just have to stick to your guns. Just keep repeating yourself if you have to, and eventually, the little girl will get.
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Robin (Who am I?) Says:
October 26th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Having laid the ground rules, if a problem arises, you or your husband could mention to the boss that “it’s great that our daughters have become close friends, but it’s affecting my daughter’s school work so maybe they should see less of each other on school nights.”

Even if it isn’t affecting her schoolwork, at least this gives you an out.

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