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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are the cream of the crop!  This sounds exactly like my situation.  DD's preschool is ages 2-5 and the children all work and learn together.  I appreciate you responding.  I completely understand where you are coming from on so many different levels.  In terms of you feeling uncertainty about your DD's friends' parents feeling weird about play dates, I feel the same way as it comes to the transition from the private preschool to a DCPS or charter.  For the majority of the schools I applied for in the lottery, we certainly doesn't fit within the "norm" of the other parents (i.e., I am 23 and AA, DH is 25 and AA).  I am afraid that we will not be taken seriously.  I fear that the other parents may not want to engage in conversation with us or may not want to initiate play dates and such.  Question, what DCPS are you attending?  Thanks for your insight![/quote]

PP here. We are at HD Cooke in Adams Morgan. I would take you both seriously. I would engage in conversation with you and have playdates! Honestly, the problem that we are facing at school socially is a) language barrier and b) free time barrier. I work until 5, so I pick DD up at aftercare. Her friends' caregivers do not always pick them up at the same time as me. Because drop off is anywhere from 8:10 to 8:45, I don't see them at pick up either. There is no class or school directory, so I don't know how to get in touch with them. I am doing paper invitations for DD's birthday party this year for the first time ever because I do not even have a phone number for anyone in her class other than the teacher.

If you are interested and involved and initiate playdates and conversations yourself, it may be easier for you than it is for me. I personally worry about DD's friends' parents viewing me as an uptight rich white lady, which I am decidedly not.

If we are on your list, I hope you get in. We need more excited engaged parents overall.[/quote]

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