Originally Posted by
khm
How old is your daughter? I'd have her give a note to a few friends asking for their parent's #s. Look 'em up on Facebook, lots of people have their phone numbers shown there. Just get out where other parents are. Chat up parents at events.
Dogs are awesome, but dogs aren't going to help your daughter if she's lonely for FRIENDS. The friend part you can help with. You cannot make yourself WANT a dog.
Getting other parents' contact information doesn't have to involve creating a directory. Write a short note to each one explaining your DD has been having fun with his/her child and you'd love their contact info so you can reach out about a playdate or meetup. Send them to school with your DD, email the teacher to let her know you'd like DD or the teacher to be able to put them in the other kids' "take home" folders, and done. Lots of parent communication at our school happens this way.
Have any of these children ever been in your DD's class in the past? If so, are the parents' emails still in your email somewhere from group party/group gift/volunteering emails? Emails from my DD's school always use blind CC, but when a parent initiates an email, like, "Hey, we need a few more things for the class winter party..." they seldom bother to blind cc and everyone uses "respond all" anyway.
Last edited by boolady; 11-06-2017 at 11:34 AM.
Jen, mom to my silly monkey, 10/06