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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, it doesn’t matter.  Your child will make friends in school and in the neighborhood without you doing anything at all.  As she gets older she can plan and schedule what she wants.  Did your parents plan out bunches of social engagements for you in elementary school? Mine certainly didn’t and I still had a great social life. I have three kids: high, middle, and elementary.  The families we were friends with and vacationed with in elementary- our kids are no longer close  friends with.  They all find their own paths.  [b]We never did play dates[/b]- it makes no difference to their social lives.  [/quote]

To me this is so odd!  Growing up, I would have a friend over after school at LEAST once a week.  Or go to their house.  Having friends over after school was so normal, and it was where our friendships really got deeper.  Now, vacationing with another family- that's something that seems so foreign to me. [b]I don't want to share a beach house with another family just because our kids are the same age and like eachother.  No. [/b][/quote]

I don't think you're understanding that some of these turn into real friendships among parents too. Most friendships start by chance or convenience like being in the same dorm or class in college. Some people you actually click with and same can happen for parents of your kids' friends. The ones we're close to are ones we also have other stuff in common with and we could have become friends even without the kids. It's just that the kids are the reason we first met and talked and got to know each other. [/quote]

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