Ignoring some teasing is a helpful skill to teach. Trust your child's taste in friends. Unless there's something dangerous going on, tolerate your child's friends. And if your child doesn't like your best friend's child, accept it. You may be disappointed that they don't get along, but it's not fair to insist that youngsters must enjoy each other's company, no matter how convenient for you.
Peers are important.
They teach each other facts of life parents never can. They provide emotional support and teach acceptable behavior. It's largely through a child's interaction with peers that some of life's most important attitudes and behaviors are shaped. The Power of Play Children of today are growing up in a rapidly changing world characterized by pressure to succeed in all areas. They have less time and opportunity to play and just be kids than children of previous generations.