Nov
24
Playdate Etiquette: When Do You Make the First Move?
Posted By: Elisabeth Wilkins, EP Editor
Category: Friendship, Mothers, School, Social Skills
Comments: 21
It’s been 3 months since kindergarten started, and so I recently decided I was ready to scale the Mt. Kilimanjaro of child-parent socializing. Yes, it was time to set up a playdate with a parent who was not actually a friend of mine. A blind playdate, if you will. This had all been suggested by my child’s teacher after my 5 year old had a few social problems at the start of the year. “Set up a few playdates with kids from class,” she urged. “It will do wonders.”
