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Is your playground a place that brings out the worst in... - 8/2/2009 12:41:52 PM
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fiery
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Funny, I'd forgotten how unpleasant some mothers could be that attended playgroups until I read this article. Have you experienced this?
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As a new mom hoping to feel less isolated in suburban Los Angeles, writer Helaine Olen joined a playgroup with her infant son. But instead of finding the support she craved, she was stunned to encounter junior-high-style gossip, cruelty and cliquishness.
“Women don’t suddenly become nice just because we’ve had kids,” observes Olen, 43, now the mother of two sons and living in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. “If you get a group of 10 women together, chances are there’s going to be one bad seed, and that’s all it takes to destroy the group.”
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RE: Is your playground a place that brings out the wors... - 8/8/2009 2:52:18 PM
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fiery
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I was talking to my mum and she reminded me about a lady at my son's playgroup who used to let her son run wild. It was as if she didn't see or hear it! That set my teeth on edge that she could be so blissfully unaware of him. Probably how she got through the day LOL.
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RE: Is your playgroup a place that brings out the worst... - 8/8/2009 2:54:43 PM
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fiery
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I just noticed that I wrote playground, not playgroup in the title. Sorry! Sharp as a balloon I am. Took me nearly a week to notice! I can't edit it now. Apologies.
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