
Putting the "date" in playdate. Every neighborhood party, every public event became an unspoken meat market of potential families whom we could, for the lack of a better analogy, “date.”
Click through for legos banned in the classroom, introducing solids and the world of online parenting forums.

- An intriguing essay about one mother's experience with online parenting groups and forums and how those virtual relationships translate - or don't - to the real world. The more time I spent online trying to figure out how to become a better parent, the less confident I became in my parenting skills.


(Top image via Play Date Atlanta)