https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:46:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-for-the-play-date-when-its-a-new-friend#post-2365147 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 15:57:45 +0000 serenity207 2365147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the feedback ladies! From what I can gauge at our conversation after school today, it sounds like the plan was for me to drop off my daughter (it seems that's what she and her friends usually do). I made an excuse that my daughter is still shy at new places if I'm not around and said I could either come with her or, if she (the mom) had planned to get stuff done around to house, that they were welcome to drop their daughter off at our house. She's going to get back to me after talking with her husband (another reason I don't think she was expecting me to join) but was very nice about it so hopefully no one felt insulted or weird! </p> <p>Good to hear I'm not the only mom who wouldn't feel comfortable dropping her child off unless they were a good family friend. Thanks again all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-for-the-play-date-when-its-a-new-friend#post-2364654 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:24:30 +0000 Mamaof2 2364654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-for-the-play-date-when-its-a-new-friend#post-2364652 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:24:09 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2364652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I assume the invitation is to stay. I'd be comfortable after a few times with someone, but not someone new. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-for-the-play-date-when-its-a-new-friend#post-2364625 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:10:48 +0000 Ree723 2364625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always stay for play dates and I expect other parents to do the same. Unless I know the family really well, I wouldn't be comfortable leaving my child in someone else's care until she was a fair but older (maybe 6 or 7 at the earliest). I haven't really thought about it as the expectation has always been that parents stay (DD1 is nearly 3.5 yrs old). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-for-the-play-date-when-its-a-new-friend#post-2364614 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:06:20 +0000 looch 2364614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 5 and most of the families in our preschool I know from last year, but there's no way I would leave him at someone's house, I don't even do it at drop off parties, I always stay.</p> <p>I might be extreme, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-for-the-play-date-when-its-a-new-friend#post-2364593 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:52:35 +0000 mediagirl 2364593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. I don't know yet (I have a 3.5 year old) but I would need to know the family before doing so.<br /> 2. I would expect that I am expected to stay and would feel uncomfortable leaving her there not knowing the mom. </p> <p>Perhaps you can email or text or call her and ask what she likes from Starbucks and take her something on the way over? That way she knows your intention without you asking about it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-for-the-play-date-when-its-a-new-friend#post-2364590 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:49:44 +0000 serenity207 2364590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 4yo daughter has made a new friend at preschool and the mom emailed me asking if my daughter would like to come over for a play date tomorrow morning. The friend's mom and I have chatted a little during pick up and they all seem very nice but I don't know much about them. </p> <p>So here's a two part question:</p> <p>1) At what age would you be okay sending your child to a friend's house for a play date alone when it's a school friend and you don't know the parents too well (I've only met the mom - she seems really nice and her daughter is a sweetheart)?</p> <p>2) When people invite your child over for a play date and don't specify, do you think they are expecting you to stay as well or think of it as a drop-off/pick-up situation? </p>