The 411: Playdate ready or not
Friday, June 15th, 2007We are hosting a playdate here at the house today. I have tidied up the house, let the roomba do its thing, and gave a reluctant Fuller a bath.
Let me ask you something. How do you define a “playdate?”
A while ago, when I was still working and Damon was the stay at home parent, I suggested that he ask if a certain little boy could come over and play with Fuller. This little boy was about two months older than Fuller. I my mind, the playdate would be a parent dropping off their child in our care for a few hours. The kids would play with Damon’s supervision.
But when we actually did the asking, the answer came back with a “how’s that work?” The parents of the little boy were thinking that both the child and the parent would stay, and since it was a SAHD and a SAHM that seemed kind of improper. And I guess at that age (around 19 months) it seemed odd to drop a child off at someone else’s house to play. Maybe. I’m just guessing here.
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