My 8 year old son went to his best friends house for her birthday party today. I had previously met the Dad, let's call him JJ, and felt comfortable with him. We showed up at the house and I met the wife and she seemed pleasant. Couple of other kids showed up with their parents and one by one all of the other parents left except me. It wasn't forced as I was just having a lengthy conversation about politics with the dad. 15 minutes later I leave as well.
Couple of hours later and I pick up my son and everything appears normal. He said he had a lot of fun and wanted to go back next weekend.
Later tonight he mentions that during the party they went to the neighbors house to play basketball on their driveway. Turns out that a couple of the kids went over there and played basketball with the kid next door (son thought he was 2-3 years older). Now at this point I'm a little bit worried that my son was over at someone's house with no adult supervision. He then tells us that the neighbor boy asked if they wanted to see a gun. My son initially said yes he claims, but then remembered our previous conversations regarding guns and says no. They continue to play basketball and then decide to go into the garage to get nerf guns. While looking for nerf guns my son sees several guns on the wall and on a bench. They get the nerf guns and go back outside to play.
My son wants to play at her house again, but after this we are having serious issues. Thoughts???
Couple of hours later and I pick up my son and everything appears normal. He said he had a lot of fun and wanted to go back next weekend.
Later tonight he mentions that during the party they went to the neighbors house to play basketball on their driveway. Turns out that a couple of the kids went over there and played basketball with the kid next door (son thought he was 2-3 years older). Now at this point I'm a little bit worried that my son was over at someone's house with no adult supervision. He then tells us that the neighbor boy asked if they wanted to see a gun. My son initially said yes he claims, but then remembered our previous conversations regarding guns and says no. They continue to play basketball and then decide to go into the garage to get nerf guns. While looking for nerf guns my son sees several guns on the wall and on a bench. They get the nerf guns and go back outside to play.
My son wants to play at her house again, but after this we are having serious issues. Thoughts???
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