Any advice on how to deal with the neighbor's children was starting to have a bad influence on my own?
We carpool together and I really want my children to be able to play with their friends, but there are some issues that have been red flags for me. Taking advantage of always coming to our home and parents that leave them lying around here as I am a nanny …. Using the wrong word (one time, but still), not respecting rules of our house, etc. The way a parent acts, I'm not sure they would be the greatest care if I have raised these issues with them as a matter of concern. They just seem to let their children "be" without applying many, if any, rules. I do not completely sever ties because the children get along well, but they clearly do not share our values. I'm not good at confrontation and issues of kind. How do I take care of that, to protect my innocence of children and keep things civil?
If your children have a strong sense of values you inculcated through proper education, the confidence that will help them make the right choices. There is no way you can influence other parents to adapt their rules and parenting techniques. In the meantime, try to educate and regulate each unacceptable situation arises. If children are under your guard so that your rules. If they can not respect that, then you can cope with their parents. Regarding the protection of their innocence, it is not feasible. The real world can be a dirty place, to protect them from it would do them a disservice. You can advise and educate and pray for that they get it.
