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[quote=Anonymous]When I had full time childcare pre-pandemic, I didn’t really have a chance to make mom friends. Weekends and after 5 PM were family time. We socialized with other families and I sometimes went out with the other moms, but I didn’t really find my crowd.

This year with the pandemic though I have met several moms who I truly enjoy hanging out with. Ironic, huh... basically we haven’t had childcare, and my youngest (3) has been out of school. It’s a great age for long play dates and outings. I guess this has all been through DC’s preschool, which has a strong emphasis on socioemotional learning and progressive values. So maybe there’s some self-selection there. But so far I really enjoy many of the parents as people — they are educated and interesting, really engaged in the world outside parenting, but still down to earth.

My older DC was in a preschool with full time coverage for working parents whereas this one is half day, so of necessity there are a lot more parents with flexibility. I guess you just need to target activities where you can meet parents with your situation. Maybe look for groups outside school also — like a local community garden or spiritual group that has families.[/quote]

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