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[quote=Anonymous]My son is in first grade, we have been at this school for 2 years.  When we started at this school we didn't know any other families there.

In the entire two years we've been at this private school, we have received zero playdate invitations (but several birthday party invitations).  I have hosted many playdates at our house last year and this year and invited many parents to meet up at parks, etc.  I even planned an informal all-class meetup and half the class attended.

My son has 5 friends in his class but it seems they will only be school friends because none of the other parents seem interested in setting up playdates.  They will happily drop off their child at our house if we set up a playdate but there has been no reciprocation and no one has invited us to do anything.  I know these other kids really like my kid because their moms will tell me how excited the kid is to be coming over for a playdate, etc. but I am perplexed why we have not been invited to do anything in the two years we've been at the school.

I also went to private school when I was growing up, and every weekend I was at a classmate's house or they were at my house.  There was always reciprocation, even though we all lived at least 30 minutes away from each other.  My mother always said how important reciprocation was: if they invite you, you invite them.

This is giving me a really negative feeling about my son's school experience and I feel like we will never be accepted there.  I know from social media that others in the class are having playdates and no one invites us, and I know that some families are going on vacation together (they post photos on social media).  I feel like for some reason we don't fit in.  I guess at this point I wonder if this is the right school for us or not.[/quote]

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