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I'd let her go but go in and introduce myself when I dropped her off. Don't be creepy and tag along or "drop in" unannounced. So rude. What are you going to find, them smoking meth?
Do not show up at their house unannounced! That is totally rude. Call them on the phone.
I totally agree with this, I don't want someone dropping by my house uninvited. Unless you interrupt a drug fuelled orgy, you're not going to gain any useful information anyway. Truthfully, every time you leave your kids with someone you're taking a risk but what's the alternative though, never letting them leave the house? I think a phone call would suffice but if you're still worried try Googling the parents and see if anything bad comes up. Facebook is a good way to learn a little bit about people also.
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Yes, of course let her go if you have raised her right. Go ahead, drop her off, meet the parents, make some small talk with leading questions to ensure an adult will be present, but good grief, quiet being a helicopter parent. If you did your job right, do you trust your daughter?
Of course let her go! Past primary school age my parents never needed to meet my friends or their parents (met my friends if I invited them round but never asked to meet someone who hadn't been round) and they didn't need to in primary school but my mum naturally met them at the school gates when picking me up.
Yes, of course let her go if you have raised her right. Go ahead, drop her off, meet the parents, make some small talk with leading questions to ensure an adult will be present, but good grief, quiet being a helicopter parent. If you did your job right, do you trust your daughter?
I understand it may be a cultural difference however.
Downunder we tend to have our front doors stood open.
Folk walk in...hello.....anyone home....
But we don't need to be worried about being shot, down here. So there's that.
I don't think it's so much worried about getting shot as people are becoming more and more private here. I don't want people stopping by unannounced because they will likely catch me braless (with a top on still) and a pile of laundry on the living room couch and that would be embarrassing. I work too hard on my image to let that happen.... Well no I don't work hard on my image at all. I still don't want people to see it.
I don't think it's so much worried about getting shot as people are becoming more and more private here. I don't want people stopping by unannounced because they will likely catch me braless (with a top on still) and a pile of laundry on the living room couch and that would be embarrassing. I work too hard on my image to let that happen.... Well no I don't work hard on my image at all. I still don't want people to see it.
This, if you showed up at my door and I wasn't expecting you, didn't know you and you didn't have your child in tow (who one of my children would know), I wouldn't bother answering the door (probably wouldnt answer the phone either). Life is too busy and when I am home with family, I don't want to be interrupted by other people.
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