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Its hard...
Just spent our holiday with some dear friends, one of whom is quite different in parenting style from us. We don't spank--they spank (on rare occassion they point out), we don't do junk food--they do, we don't nosh we have regular meals--they nosh throughout the day. Its hard because even though I am not trying to criticize, when I ask my friend not to offer my DS potato chips, she implies criticism. Our DS has a bedtime at 8:30 ( story time at 8). We really don't vary that often. So when he has to go to bed and our friends child does not---well you can imagine all h*** breaks loose and my little angel is not very angelic anymore!!!!
We also spent some times with another set of friends that are on the same page as we are. It was so simple. The kids bathed together, reading time was together and bedtime was a breeze. Afternoon snack time was fruit and yogurt :-)
It was so effortless. So as much as we love the first set of friends, we will have to manage the parenting thing whenever we are together with our kids and that means we will probably spend more time with the other family.
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