I don't like play groups.
They stress me out. I don't really believe that every interaction my 18 month old has with his peers needs to be mediated. I don't care if another kid his age takes a toy from him, or refuses to share the toy they're playing with. It's good for him to learn to just deal with it. The typical for that age hitting and pushing... I know I'll miss something and then the other moms -who seem to be hawks when it comes to that kind of thing- will judge me.
There. I said it. It's off my chest.
How do you feel about play groups??
Am I being ridiculous?
5 comments:
i hate playgroups too....for the opposite reason! haha. i'm a hawk-like mother & feel like the mothers that don't have control-freak-tendencies like me, will judge. :) totally stresses me out. :)
I LOVE playgroups!!! I love the mommy interaction I get to have. My demon child is one that hits and freaks out and doesn't share which totally stresses me out, but he has to learn to interact with other kids somewhere. And he doesn't learn it at home where it's just me and him and he can play with whatever he wants;)
I don't go to playgroups but I can imagine not loving them. I don't like to be judged in any form by others who are supposed to be my equals. So...I can imagine playgroups would not be my favorite! :)
The playgroups I've done are pretty cool. The moms take turns having all the kids at their house. And the other moms go do there own things for a while. That way, you all get a break; some of you could go out together and have that mommy time; and you can discipline the group how you want and no one will be there to judge you!
Playgroups weren't too fun for me, but mainly because Kai had a really hard time with them from his Apraxia. I think you really need to be good friends with the Mom's to be able to have a good time or else it is constant worry if your kid is behaving. The whole mom judgment thing irks me because well...we all do it differently so let's all get over it.
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