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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PS: for the person who's judgy about playdates and "scheduling" bla bla bla.

Listen, there are some realities about people's lives that make scheduling playdates a really good idea.

1. Both parents work, commuting, before and after school programs, etc.  Sometimes things have to be scheduled or they don't happen.

2. Young kids. They need to be taken to and from, therefore: a schedule. Older kids are less of an issue--they can get themselves to and from more easily and reliably.

3. Distance. Not everyone lives in a neighborhood densely populated with other kids, and even if they do, these kids are also often at before and after school care. Therefore, again: schedule or it won't happen.

The days of half-time working parents or SAH parents for the majority of elementary school aged kids are over.  Nannies are expensive, so most kids go to daycare (even if "yours" don't). That is how things go for most people.  
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With activities 6 days per week, why add play dates if they're stressful?[/quote]

1. Activities may not be 6 days a week, then again they might--I didn't say either way. Any single person scheduling playdates or not is totally up to them. I could care less what other people do!  I know our playdate time has dropped dramatically since I started working more-than-full-time again and my kids are in all-day programs.

2. Typically the regularly scheduled activities (e.g., before and after school care) don't include all the friend(s) the child wants to hang out with. Therefore, scheduling time for playing one on one will be necessary to get this to happen.  Again, up to the parents if this is doable.

3. There are other benefits to scheduling playdates, including that the play time can be arranged to be convenient for you. Drop-by knocks on the door from neighbor kids might not be, which is not to say that knocks on the door are bad.  I like them just fine. But sometimes the answer is, "Not right now. But maybe on Saturday  morning? I'll call your mom/dad to set it up."
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OP said they have activities 6 out of 7 days. [/quote]

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