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Reply to "One and done families and snow day whining"
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[quote=Anonymous]Uh, I guess you have a friend who does this? Just tell her no and move on with your life. Are you mad she asks for a playdate? Why? We have an only child but I work a flexible part time schedule to help accommodate stuff like random days of school, sick days, etc. I have never viewed my friends with kids as potential childcare solutions. In fact, the one time we've done playdates like you describe (where the obvious goal of the playdate is to occupy kids so parents can work on random days off school) it was initiated by the other family who had multiple kids (their youngest was in daycare and didn't need childcare, so they needed a way to occupy their school-age child). It actually felt like a burden for us because our kid is pretty chill and doesn't need a lot of entertaining but their kid required a lot more supervision and attention, so it was a bit uneven. But we did it because the kids liked it and because I didn't mind helping out a friend now and then.[/quote]
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