Apologies as I know the term ‘play date’ is cringey as hell, but I don’t know how else to phrase it!
I’ve loosely arranged (as in, nothing properly set in stone just yet!) for dc (4) to go to the park with a friend he’s recently made in reception during half term next week.
I’ve never done a play date before so I don’t know how to approach it. I don’t really know the other parent, we’ve said hello a couple of times, but bar us both having a brief conversation about how our DC’s would like to see each other outside of school and then exchanging numbers, that’s about it.
I’m not sure whether it’s the norm for both myself and the other parent to stay at the park while our DC’s play, given it's the first time for the both of us, or if that would be weird?
For what it’s worth, if my dc and their dc play well together, I’d have no issues with leaving my dc with this other parent a little further down the line, and of course, would happily return the favour.
But seeing as it’s the first time, would I come across as odd for staying?
Truthfully, I’d also quite like to become ‘friends’ with this parent as I don’t have any mum friends, but I’m unsure how to handle this!