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[quote=Anonymous]My DS will be 5 in December.  Almost a month ago, we were on a playdate at the Lego Center in Springfield Mall per the suggestion of the other mom (our kids know each other through the same daycare).  It got off to a bit of a rocky start because my daughter really enjoys Legos and wanted to really delve into the building, but her friend wanted to quickly explore each of the areas. 
There was a portion where  kids climbed into this area where they slid down slides and crawled through these cylidrical things.  It was pure chaos.  My daughter was holding up the line because she was scared to go down the covered slide and eventually a kid just elbowed her in the stomach because she was in the way.  The teenager who helped keep the calm had to go in there and help my daughter out (since adults weren't allowed inside).  There was another portion where my daughter was too scared to leave so stayed kind of stuck in the crawl space.  I was in tears a bit because she was scared and eventually got her way out.  
There were other portions of the playdate where my daughter had small meltdowns--- honestly, she was overwhelmed.  And honestly, looking back, I really should have done more research about the place.  It was teeming with kids just running all over the place. 
I feel like the playdate mom won't ask us "out" again because of this.  A part of me is like "OK, whatever" but a part of me feels like I should have done something else to prepare my daughter?  But I'm not sure what? 
Anyone been through this?  Is this something I should be concerned about?  Or is just how we learn our kids?[/quote]

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