What age do start drop off play dates?

[Anonymous]

PK 4 for families I know well. Now I’m K they are all drop off play dates but tend to be more with moms who chat with me at drop off and pick up.0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here - from preschool. And to be clear - she wanted her kid to be dropped off.

LOL - I am sure she did!

Signed,

Mom to a 3.5 year old who would LOVE to drop her off for a few hours on the weekend (but won't because that's just cruel to the other parent...)

[Anonymous]

Rule with my kids was they were allowed to do drop offs as soon as they were completely toilet trained (it had to have been at least a few months since they had an accident). No other parent wants to deal with that.

[Anonymous]

I have a 3.5 year old and 6 year old. A drop off play date for a 3.5 year old is babysitting. We do it (drop off ours and host other kids), but they're reciprocal favors, not real play dates. Real drop off play dates are usually 4-5/6 years old, depending on the kid.

[Anonymous]

With friends we know and whose kids I've known since birth, 2.5-3 (but those were situations where I was helped out the parents and happy to do so).

First time with just a drop off playdate this year with kids that just turned 5 (preK4). Mom asked if it was okay and I was totally okay with it -- good kid that I knew would be easy and allowed me to do some dinner prep while they played.

Depending on the situation, I sometimes prefer it.