tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post92305681992560444..comments2023-10-29T08:17:42.840-07:00Comments on Childfreedom: Play Dates: Reason Enough Not to Have KidsChildfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-59608990991596294092011-11-14T15:55:50.417-08:002011-11-14T15:55:50.417-08:00I have been perusing your blog on and off this eve...I have been perusing your blog on and off this evening and am finding it kind of like a car accident. I just can't look away. I don't mean that in a bad way, but I literally just can't stop clicking. Not because I'm a mother who "hates being a mommie" or because I'm going to come on here and trash you for deciding not to have children. Freedom of choice, it'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-12087714594140874252011-08-13T22:43:59.510-07:002011-08-13T22:43:59.510-07:00That's so strange. When I was little I lived t...That's so strange. When I was little I lived too far away from all my friends to just go over and hang out, but my mom never ATTENDED play dates--she dropped me off and then went to hang out with HER friends! It was like free babysitting; just switch houses every week. Made sense to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-55630382253406934282010-06-11T13:20:37.373-07:002010-06-11T13:20:37.373-07:00Thank you for posting the George Carlin video (may...Thank you for posting the George Carlin video (may he rest in peace).There is another piece in this same stand up show that I love, where he talks about how people with children tend to dominate social conversation with all the smallest details about their child's life (i.e. "Todd is in the 7th grade now and he's in the Cheese Club! ... Jezel is 5 and already she has had 9 periods!&Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02710114545309291712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-91856975231434940562010-06-08T12:55:43.703-07:002010-06-08T12:55:43.703-07:00This reminds me of a story a friend told me recent...This reminds me of a story a friend told me recently. He coaches a youth basketball team (6-7th grade boys). One day at practice, he wanted to work with half of them on a certain skill. He told the other half to go to the other end of the gym and play 3 on 3. The kids just looked at each other. They didn't know what to do -- they didn't know how to pick teams, they didn't know Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205302651920801280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-37091032820292631452010-06-07T18:12:41.196-07:002010-06-07T18:12:41.196-07:00Why did play dates even develop anyway? What happe...Why did play dates even develop anyway? What happened to just "going out to play" or "going over to so and so's to play?" There seems to be so much more effort on parents' part these days to keep their children entertained to the point where the kids are SO busy they get stressed at an early age. Why? Parents need to look more at themselves and their motivations behindlauracarrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795930442562311101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-30508552011672142492010-06-07T10:47:05.066-07:002010-06-07T10:47:05.066-07:00Wow. I've not really known (or cared to find ...Wow. I've not really known (or cared to find out) what a play date was. Mom would drop me off at a friend's house once she knew and trusted the parents and I could play until she came to get me. Have a disagreement with a friend at 2? Work it out, Mom's not coming until 4. Mom and every other mother I knew always had something else to do than watch my friends and I every second EYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728023084593944397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-56827420467709947702010-06-07T06:54:54.240-07:002010-06-07T06:54:54.240-07:00Oh god, playdates sound like torture! But kids pla...Oh god, playdates sound like torture! But kids playing on their own are no bargain, either.<br /><br />Yesterday, I was at my brother's, and my nephews came in, wailing and crying, after playing in the yard, and one of them had a crescent-shaped gash under his right eye. There is some building going on over there, and they told my brother, who immediately demanded an explanation, that one wasChristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469912352453659215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-58304501469515969752010-06-06T23:04:31.817-07:002010-06-06T23:04:31.817-07:00Play dates are political. If only I were a Christi...Play dates are political. If only I were a Christian, conservative with 4 children and one on the way, I would be the belle of the freakin' ball. <br /><br />I hate playdates, but I do it for my only child's socialization skills. Also, I thought they were only for toddlers and preschool-age kids. When they get to a certain age, it's okay to let them play along. I remember being as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-39604119371847345832010-06-06T19:58:14.577-07:002010-06-06T19:58:14.577-07:00Geez, since when is letting your kid be bored for ...Geez, since when is letting your kid be bored for awhile considered child abuse? I used to get bored sometimes when I was a kid, and when I made the mistake of whining about it to my mother, did she offer to schedule a play date for me? No, but she DID offer to let me do the dishes, or wash some laundry, or mop the floor, or dust the living room... And then I learned to entertain myself, all CFJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17422343152440914517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-34148631860836816092010-06-06T17:50:49.226-07:002010-06-06T17:50:49.226-07:00I can't think of a time that I played with a a...I can't think of a time that I played with a a friend as a child and all the parents were there. The only thing I've ever heard about play dates before this was on episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond.Fanboy Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543885221904172330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-77089279083245302732010-06-06T15:12:47.220-07:002010-06-06T15:12:47.220-07:00Yes, what better way to suck the fun out of childh...Yes, what better way to suck the fun out of childhood than by scheduling every minute of it. When they aren't at play dates, they're taking dance, music, karate, or sports lessons. Heaven forbid an adult have a life. I'm so incredibly glad I don't have kids and that my husband and I agree that neither of us want them, EVER.Surfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11669534977712083199noreply@blogger.com