I hadn't really noticed that I WAS doing this, as we know a fair few children outside school and we are quite busy in various ways
but I went on a school trip with ds1 (Yr1) yesterday and he was telling a little boy about some game he's got, and the other boy seemed really interested - I said "Perhaps we could ask XX's mummy if he could come to our house and play with it?"
and then promptly my insides curdled at the thought of having to approach a mother I don't know, and walk home a child I don't know, and have them playing/eating at our house when I'm not sure of the child or the parent [pathetic]
are my children definitely losing out because of this? They do see a lot of other children outside school, honest - it's just that they are all families we know
I had thought I was doing fairly well at providing a social infrastructure and contact with other people, because my own childhood was very insular and we never had friends over.
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to only do playdates if I already know the parent and child involved?
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Greensleeves · 24/06/2009 14:21
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