Weather is getting nicer... Pros and Cons

Don't get me wrong, I love nice weather as much as the next person.  But as a mom have you ever weighed the pros and cons of winter versus spring/summer/fall?  We are not even out of school  for the summer, haven't even really enjoyed spring yet, but the drama on our street has begun...  I know you moms out there with grade and middle school aged children know what I'm talking about.  We've been there and lived through it.

Benefits of winter, you can pick and choose who your kids play with in your home or theirs.  If it's freezing outside kids stay inside.  Con's of winter, kids play inside :)

Benefits of spring, summer, fall, kids play outside :)  Con's of spring, summer, fall, kids play with whomever is outside, even the kids they normally don't play with.  You are no longer in control of the dynamic, it's up to the kids, hence kid politics.  Kid politics involve deciding if they want to play with the kid that rams their bike into yours, or the kid that is constantly saying bad words (which you hear all about later).  You have to decide to let them make these choices on their own and deal with the fall out later.  But it is so hard to give up that control you had during the winter!!

So you have to watch your child go back out the next day and put themselves into that same situation, over and over and over again, hoping that it will change, but we know it never will, we've been there, we've lived through it...

So as a mom, how do you handle it?  How do you handle the hurt the frustration?