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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People post constantly about other parents at their children’s school, and it boggles my mind why they care. School is for children to learn and for them to build social skills. It is not there for you to make friends. Good grief. [/quote]

This.

I mean, if you are focusing on fitting in and making friends at your kid’s school, then I’ve got to believe most of this is in your head.

I went to private school in the DC metro area. My take is like most elementary schools (including public), a lot of parents invest a lot of time in networking for their kid’s benefit (play dates, carpooling, sports, friend circle, etc.) but that tapers off by middle school and really isn’t a thing by the time you hit high school.

But most of us simply focus on giving our kids a good start and then letting them navigate it themselves. I never used my kids as a mechanism make my own friends. Sometimes it just happens, but that was never my goal.

I think most of us simply try to be friendly when attending school events and that’s it. So if you aren’t receiving invites to adult parties, don’t take it personally or assume there are clicks. Most of us have friends outside of school and really aren’t secretly hanging out.

Having said that, I have observed some moms who seem really pressed to network and socialize, and I have been to some events hosted by parents that left me thinking these people still behave like we did in high school (way too much drinking and gossip). It’s definitely not my jam. [/quote]

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