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Wild child WWYD?
We have a core group of friends who are almost family. Almost all of the kids are born within 2 weeks of one another, making them all 3 (this month). One of the children some of us think are on the autism spectrum, he is working with an early interventionist for feeding and eating and his speech has made some great progress recently. Unfortunately his behavior hasn't. We've all always chalked it up to our suspicions (even though its way early, but most of our group are also educators and have some experience, but arent experts) about him being on the spectrum, and have been lenient.
We got together on July 4th and this particular child was in especially great form. He was doing things partly to get attention and party because he's 3. Unfortunately his parents were upstairs when he knocked over te host's 60 inch TV and crushed the cardboard playhouse. Like knocked it over and crunched it so its not repairable. It's the host's daughter's favorite toy too. So obviously this isn't just him but his parents since they were MIA. I heard them talking about it and they made no ovations to buy a new house, and just said they would be pissed if a kid broke their TV. I would also mention that this same boy broke The faucet off of Brooks' play kitchen a $30 part an they didn't offer to replace it.
So two things. Do we stop hanging out with them and not invite them to visit us once we move since their son is a whirling dervish and they seem to care but don't seem to want to do anything about it? If we do continue to see them and if something of ours was to be broken do we insist they pay for it. The best part is that the other boys like to follow the lead of anyone else getting into mischief. So that's a fun aspect in another vein.
I'm on my phone so I apologize in advance if this is disjointed or spelled horribly.
Re: Wild child WWYD?
I agree with meeting on neutral ground --- the pool, zoo, please touch museum, etc.
It sounds like the parents are also the problem (if not more of the problem) if they're making light of the situation. Kids are all wild at age 3, and it would have been different if they apologized and/or offered to pay for the broken toys. But it sounds like they're letting him get away with things he shouldn't be doing.