Does it make me a terrible parent if i discontinue our attendance at playgroup?
Okay, here's the background. I thought that I really missed attending playgroup, or so I though. After school started up, there really wasn't a playgroup anymore. Being the "lets-find-something-fun-to-do" mom, I called ONE other mother and asked for a playDATE sometime this week. Well, it turned out to be 7 mothers and their children at the Burger King play area today for lunch. I thought that it would be okay.....and then it actually happened. We went early so that I could get my three children to sit down and actually eat their lunch BEFORE others arrived and let their children leave the lunch at the table to go play. THAT was not going to happen here. My kids were warned before we even left the house that they would eat or there would be no playing. I immediately took out the toys from the kid's meals and handed them their lunches. Fiona and Stuart ate fine, but Macy had to do her usual whining and trying to see what she could get away with. So, we sat, and we sat, and we sat, and we sat...you get the point. By this time others had arrived and their children were into the toys. The NOISY, carry the song out as long as possible toys. I was already ready to go home and we hadn't even went into the play area. I accidentally (truely an accident, I had to make sure the "THUMP" wasn't my telephone) threw out two of our toys, so I gave the other to a child whose momma didn't buy him a kids' meal. My children didn't even seem to care! Thank you Lord! So, Macy FINALLY finished her hamburger and we headed out to play with Fiona and Stuart. Two hours later Stuart came to me and said that he was ready to go. YES, I GETTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE!!!!!
So, I think that I am turning into a HERMIT. I just can't handle all of that over-stimulation! I need your advice on what to do. I put on a good face and managed the position I was in fine, but I just hate being in that kind of chaos. I have enough chaos at home alone with MY children.....what should I do?
1 week ago
3 comments:
I don't have children so probably am not the one to give advise; however, I can tell you that I wouldn't go. Your kids get social interaction with eachother and at church, family, friends, etc. so I think that not going to playgroup is fine! Just my thoughts.
I don't care who you are...that's a LOT Of people in a very small, enclosed space!! Our last play group here was 6 moms and 13 or 14 kids...but we were outside at the fish hatchery. Plenty of room to run around! The Burger King play area raises my anxiety level, anyway - you can't see in all the parts to see what's going on, and I've had to "rescue" my kids from up inside a tiny tube one too many times. Pretty much the only times we go there are when we're on a trip and its 7am on a Thursday or something...no one else there!
Anyway...I don't think there's anything wrong with passing on the playgroup. If its not fun, I wouldn't do it -- and millions of kids at Burger King doesn't sound too fun to ME! That sounds like an overly large group, though - more like a Primary quarterly activity, HAHA:)
Not sure if advice from a parent with only one child is adequate, but I say if you're not comfortable, don't do it. I like the idea of small play dates with a few people. Two other moms and I do that here, and we just rotate at each other's houses. It's really nice to just sit at the kitchen table and have coffee. Anyway, hope your medical troubles are getting better. Natalie has had a bug for about 2 weeks now, and Kyle and I are just getting over it. I'm also battling a bacterial infection, so we feel your pain! Although we've had three trips to the doc over the last few weeks, no ER visits, so you are ahead of us there. Hope you are all on the mend and that you can enjoy some nice weather. Hugs, the tharps
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