Definition of "playdate" [playdate]

• The occasion of a child having a friend come over to play at their house. (noun)
• Any scheduled recreation, especially if not scheduled by those directly involved. (noun)

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• "I don’t understand why anyone expects us to love the drudgery of parenting and treat it like a sacred rite, as if admitting we’re sick to death of playing a game with our kids or doing laundry or sitting through a painful playdate is somehow a moral failure on our part."
• "Since my parents both commuted a long way from home, long before the word "playdate" ever existed, I spent most afternoons running from house to house, soaking up the sounds, smells and tastes."
• "I think it is a result of the "playdate" phenomenon of our society ... everything is supervised by an adult because of safety concerns mostly."