Wow… interesting stories. Of course, we don’t let our kids go to the house where the parents are hinky, the way some parents maybe over-trusted the child and the situation. I know I was certainly left in situations which I would never leave my own kid in. I don’t think I meant letting our kid hang out with The Bad Kids, but more that we can make the most of many experiences life brings us instead of automatically shielding them out of unsubstantiated fear.
Yes, we all have a spectrum of varied friendships…I think my question was more along the line of “if we expect friendships to always look lovely, do we do our kids a disservice?”