More Than Childs Play
Oh the 90's, what a time to be alive 😆. Growing up, the term "playdate" was not something I had heard of - fast forward 30 years and millennial moms are confronted with the term by our children, their teachers and other moms. Essentially, playdates are when our preschoolers select or are selected to meet up with a certain friend after school to play. My memories of play as a preschooler include coming home from nursery school and playing with the neighbour's kids - unarranged. Other than that, I suppose the closest thing I had to a play date was a standing arrangement on Tuesdays and Fridays where my bestie and I would meet one day at my house and the other at her Ma's (grandmother's) house to play - could that have been the birth of the playdate without the naming convention? The internet describes playdates as an arranged agreement for children to meet and play - ah huh that's what those Tuesday's and Friday's were, sans the actual term! Let...