What do you do when you don't think a child is good to hang around with?

So my 3 year old has a friend who likes to lie/ get him in trouble / aggregate him etc etc. I feel she bring out the worst in him. He's much calmer around all other friends. I'm sick and tired of defending him and have no fun on these play dates. I find the mom extremely hard work and she thinks her kid is never in the wrong.

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I have this issue and I’m just phasing out hanging out. The mom has asked to hang a few times and I just say I’m busy or can’t. In my case the mom does tell the little girl sometimes when she’s doing something wrong but it’s annoying I get overwhelmed and other kids don’t act that way.

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My son has this one friend who he loves but just drives me nuts with how he ignored my son and never wanted to play, I straight up told his mom that we don't want him to come back over anymore because I'm not going to have my son ignored and disrespected in his own home.

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It's frustrating and it won't be the last kid like that. Just try to keep him away from kids like that.

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I met a peanut mama and she used to come to my house on the weekends with her son and my son and her son plays together. The kids fight for my son’s toys but that was minor. I started noticing her son enjoys destroying things too and has no personal boundaries. He would just get close to my son’s face and grab his arms and hurting him from the force of his pull. He is a year older than my son and bigger. I still let it go. Then he wouldn’t follow our house rules. He wouldn’t even listen to his mother telling him to listen to us. I told his mom that they can’t come by anymore because he’s not listening to our house rules. In a way, I am glad. I didn’t want my son to be influenced by him. Just be honest with the mom. If she can’t accept it, just say no to whenever they invite you anywhere.

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So your kid isn't forced to be around them, like at school? Stop the playdates then. That sounds insufferable

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