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Toddler networking event where the real agenda is the parents' coffee.
means A regular informal gathering where young children play together under parental supervision, usually before they're old enough for preschool.
from A straightforward compound of 'play' and 'group,' emerging in the 20th century alongside the growth of organized early-childhood socializing — part of a wider wave of words like 'playdate' and 'playpen' that formalized what parents had always done informally, letting kids loose together while the grown-ups supervise.
- actual purpose
- lets adults have a conversation longer than ten seconds
- social skills
- kids learn sharing by refusing to share first
- snack ratio
- snacks brought always exceed children present
- true winner
- whoever's kid naps longest afterward