Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Elementary School-Aged Kids
Reply to "Anyone else hate playdates?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I understand OP. I hate being tied down because a kid is scheduled to come over 12-2. Unless it’s last minute and we know we are going to be home, it’s not really ideal.[/quote] I don’t think there’s anything wrong with scheduling them last minute. I’d say 95% of our playdates are scheduled 24 hours or less in advance. This basically ranges from spontaneous neighbor play dates after school (on the days we don’t have sports practices) to a text the day before (or even morning of) saying “hey, Larlo is asking if Marlo can come over to play. We’re free any time after 3.” Then we aren’t building our whole schedule around it, but rather fitting it in. I agree with PPs that they’re better the older kids get. Mine are 6 and 8, and play dates actually allow me to get stuff done around the house. Caveat is that boy play dates can be a little more wild, so there are some friends I prefer having over more than others. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
