Column | Carolyn Hax: Close friends’ wild kids make inviting them over too stressful
- Posted on January 11, 2026
- By Washington Post
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Column | Carolyn Hax: Close friends’ wild kids make inviting them over too stressful

Close friends have similar-aged kids and host often, but letter writer dreads reciprocating when theirs are “so poorly behaved.”