Did your DC cry at his/her admissions playdate and still get in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC had temper tantrum in parking lot - kind, random woman offered to assist, only fueling his rage - "this is not a playdate - none of my friends are here!" Nearly died when I discovered, 15 minutes later, that "random" woman was running playdate + part of admissions team.

DC admitted.

Well, he did provide an excellent example of his critical thinking skills, LOL!

Ha - love that! DC really had no issue on separating at that stage - he was just so over the school tours and playdates. It was a Friday and he was tired. Fortunately, he warmed up quickly when we got inside the school and his amiable persona emerged.

But the series of tantrum, gracious offer of assistance, rebuff, then "let me welcome you and your DC to X" will be forever seared in my mind!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my son did not cry, but did refuse to leave for the playdate with the teacher he didn't know. finally went but then i was called in fairly soon because he was insisting he wanted to leave. when i arrived, he said very loudly, " i don't want to stay here with that woman...". they let us come back again and this time let me hang out outside the room. he was a model child this time.

i think it's just a developmental thing too. he was completely fine about separating from me in a situation like that six months later...and it's never really been a problem since.

Thanks for this - it made me chuckle. Exactly the kind of thing my son would have said!

[Anonymous]

My ds lasted 20 mintes of the hour long playdate. It was his 3rd "school interview" and his behavior was so wildly different than the other playdates. It was extremely obvious to me that he did not like the school so we left. No surprise that he was rejected from CHS. Luckily, he got into the preschool he liked.