Putting the "date" in playdate. Every neighborhood party, every public event became an unspoken meat market of potential families whom we could, for the lack of a better analogy, “date.”

Click through for legos banned in the classroom, introducing solids and the world of online parenting forums.

• An intriguing essay about one mother's experience with online parenting groups and forums and how those virtual relationships translate - or don't - to the real world. The more time I spent online trying to figure out how to become a better parent, the less confident I became in my parenting skills.

• When Legos in the classroom turns into Lord of the Flies...

• First solid foods - what to introduce when.

(Top image via Play Date Atlanta)