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I have been finding families who have toddlers or young children here in Alpharetta, GA. The main reason to do so is to find children of my son's age group with whom he can play. I did find few Indian families who are settled here and have kids who were born here & will be brought up here. There is one pretty American child who lives close by and we started to talk to her too. On initiating the talk of both children playing together, this child's mother suggested a 'play date' for both the kids. This got me to read about play dates for toddlers/young children.
A play date is a date & time set by parents for children to play. Apparently, it is very common here in the US in recent times because parents have a busy schedule, and media warnings about leaving children unattended. A play date is not to be confused with, say, an organized trip to the museum because that kind of a trip is more structured as opposed to a play date.
What happened to the good old times, when children simply went to a park and played with other children? No, you won't leave your toddler/young child unattended in these places; however these help children socialize and enjoy their free time instead of being boxed in the time frame of a play date.
What do you think? Is play date a cool idea?
I have been finding families who have toddlers or young children here in Alpharetta, GA. The main reason to do so is to find children of my son's age group with whom he can play. I did find few Indian families who are settled here and have kids who were born here & will be brought up here. There is one pretty American child who lives close by and we started to talk to her too. On initiating the talk of both children playing together, this child's mother suggested a 'play date' for both the kids. This got me to read about play dates for toddlers/young children.
A play date is a date & time set by parents for children to play. Apparently, it is very common here in the US in recent times because parents have a busy schedule, and media warnings about leaving children unattended. A play date is not to be confused with, say, an organized trip to the museum because that kind of a trip is more structured as opposed to a play date.
What happened to the good old times, when children simply went to a park and played with other children? No, you won't leave your toddler/young child unattended in these places; however these help children socialize and enjoy their free time instead of being boxed in the time frame of a play date.
What do you think? Is play date a cool idea?
Cool??? I think its fool's idea.....but we would be living in this fool's paradise soon...with so much fear in Noida...we have to fix play dates for our kids soon :( hey just kidding....btw nice post Sumita:)
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It is a fool s idea! That's why I said what happened to the good old times. I'll never leave my child unattended, but play dates?
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