toypup wrote:


"Ericka" wrote in message

My expectation is that I know where my kids are, though
I'll take "we'll be at either Bob's or Pete's house or outside
between the two" for an answer. What I don't want is to have
to go down the street knocking on doors if a need arises for
me to get the kids. If kids are at my house, I'll ask if
their parents know where they are or can reach them. Some
of the kids are toting cell phones and have a deal where they're
allowed at a list of homes and get reeled in by cell phone if
needed. I always feel bad when I get the knock on the door
and it's a parent or sibling canvassing the neighborhood
trying to track down a kid. It's annoying, if nothing else.
I think good manners require that the parent know where the
kid is.

Which places the responsibility on me to call other parents when their
kids leave my house to go next door or are you saying this is the
child's responsibility?

A child in my house *is* my responsibility, like it
or not. I take responsibility for asking the kids to make
sure their parents know where they are or can reach them
when they are at my house.

Best wishes,
Ericka