As a parent?
Dd is 6 and in school, but had a Drs appointment today that ended around 2.30. She was then hungry and there was no time to go back to school.
A new ball pool type place has opened nearby and she’s been asking to go to it. We went and she was really happy to be running around, going down slides etc.
The few kids there were under 4, Dd chatted to a few and helped some little ones, but was happy climbing and doing her own thing, The other parents were all following their kids around and I sat more or less the whole time, with a coffee and on my phone. I obviously engaged with Dd, got us snacks and drinks and I went to look at the slides she was on/took a few pics of her.
What would you have thought of me? Just sat on my phone? Just felt a bit self conscious, but Dd really doesn’t need or want me following her around a place like that.