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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We do play dates but I don’t love it, because they are hard to schedule, 50% of the time someone cancels due to illness or whatever, and also [b]the families in our circle expect elaborate multi-hour play dates with structured activities whereas I’d prefer just a two hour play date drop off exchange.[/b] But we soldier on because I think they’re important. I’d much much rather have a strong neighborhood community where kids can just go over each others houses without all the scheduling. Sadly even though we moved to a suburban neighborhood for this reason in part, I never ever see any of the kids playing outside. I think they’re all inside on screens or scheduled activities. It’s really too bad.[/quote]

OP here and the bolded above is why I find them stressful. I have tried to move towards to more chill version of playdates but you can tell parents (and now kids) expect something more organized. It's standard where I live for playdates to involve a craft activity (with take home craft) and either a meal or an elaborate snack. I find this stressful whether I'm hosting or not, because my kid is also a very picky eater who especially struggles to eat in other people's homes.[/quote]

wtf? if parents expected this I would never host a playdate.[b] full stop[/b]. i’m not a daycare provider-it’s not my job to have structured activities for your kid if they come over to play. And I don’t do crafts. Happy to give the kid whatever art supplies they want but i’m not curating a special craft with them. absolutely not.[/quote]

dont ever say full stop, FULL STOP[/quote]

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