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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you "scheduling d*mn play dates"? If your kids are so amazing, aren't they responsible enough to knock on a few doors around the neighborhood and invite people over, or ride their bike to the playground and make new friends there?

Wait, I thought kids were supposed to be bored--but you're social engineering play dates? Which is it?[/quote]

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Because we have friends that aren't walkable from our home? Because my 6 and 9-year-old kids don't have phones and can't orchestrate playdates with friends who live a few miles away? Because they have friends that they don't see every day at school? Because the few friends who are walkable are overscheduled? Because there are very few kids who live nearby who line up in terms of the right age/gender breakdown that my kids actually WANT to play with? Because there is only so long you can play with your sibling before you start fighting with each other?

Sometimes it's fun to be bored with friends. That's when the creative magic happens. We want them to be social. It's just finding the time with certain friends that seems impossible.

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