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Following the edict that my friend Meg issued about playdates for her ten year old daughter, in that they are for 'play' not 'electronics,' I issued the same for my son's playdate today.  I think I actually added, "Now leave me alone.  You're old enough to figure out what to do."

"Can we use these cigarettes?"

"What cigarettes? NO!  You can't use those cigarettes.  Your dad's friend left those cigarettes when he was visiting.  I'm getting rid of them.  Now GO!"

"Can we paint the door?"

"NO."

"Can we use the empty beer bottles?"

"NO."

Two boys.  A backyard. Twenty-seven boxes of baking soda (that my son has been stocking away for a vinegar and arm-n-hammer experiments).  Red food coloring from the top shelf of the kitchen cabinets that I had no idea was there.

Our black dog is now white, the backyard looks like it's experienced a cocaine explosion, the boys' arms are red to their elbows, there are ghostly footprints down the hallway and now they are hosing each other off.  I'm squelching the urge to yell, "Okay, COME ON IN AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES NOW."

Letting go, now.  --K