play dates

Your child keeps begging you to set up a play date with his new “best friend” at school. But when you pick up the phone or approach the friend’s parent at pick-up, this is what you hear:

“Oh, we never do play dates.”


“He’d love to, but he’s booked literally seven days a week: tennis, acting, karate, piano, softball, robotics, and soccer.”


“She’s funny about play dates. I think she gets too tired.”


“He’s deathly allergic to the synthetic fibers found in most people’s homes.”