u/InfiniteExplorer8509

I live in the US. Elementary school is about 250 kids. Full time kindergarten. My child is starting kindergarten in Sept and I heard for the first two weeks, they separate all the kids into classrooms with a teacher and they have that teacher for two days then move to the next teacher for two days then the next and so on until they all get each teacher then the teachers assign permanent teachers. I guess to make sure there is a good "balance" in each classroom. Seems like A LOT to me and for my kiddo so just curious if other schools do this.

MIL text me Happy Mother's Day 4 days ago. Last time she texted me was Easter. I thanked her, told her HMD, and shared that my day would be taking care of our son because he's on day 4 of a cold/teething combo thing going on and has been miserable. Not looking for sympathy but just sharing that our little guy was sick. She has yet to text to see how he is. I'm not surprised by this. Not anything new. Just never ceases to amaze me how shitty a grandparent can be.

My daughter is 4.5. Very social kid. I had five different children over for playdates and every one was exhausting. 5 might be excessive but I wanted to stay busy as my husband was gone working this week and I was here with her and our 15 month old. I knew it would be a lot having everyone here vs meeting somewhere and I accepted that. But not a single parent helped with pickup before they left. Not one. They all clearly saw the blow out and did nothing to help. I never leave someone's house without having our kiddo pick up. None of the parents brought snacks either. So my daughter would ask for a snack, I wouldn't want to be rude so I would offer to our guests and not one parent took out snacks they packed. My daughter is close with one girl and the mom and I agreed to do drop off playdates. Well I have asked for her daughter to come here 4xs and not once has the mom reciprocated. Not once has the mom sent her with any snacks.

No this is not the end of the world, the snacks aren't going to break the bank, it isn't toxic waste I'm having to clean up after they leave but it's just exhausting and makes me really not want to bother or just meet somewhere instead. I do like hosting but dang people. Seems like no courtesy or respect anymore! Not to mention the fact out of the 5 kids, none of them are asking to have my daughter over their house.

Going forward now that the warmer weather is here, outside playdates are more practical so will try to do those more but my god it's been a week of disappointment from other parents.

Edited to add: Because everyone is commenting on the snack thing. For context. 1. One mom brought her two other kids which was totally fine but then I'm providing snacks for them too? I would never do that going to someone else's house. 2. One kid asked for fruit snacks then asked for another one and another one and the mom never stepped in and I didn't want to be the bad guy. I'd tell my kid she was done after one. 3. If someone was doing me a favor basically and watching my kid for a few hours, yeah out of courtesy, I'd send her with a bag of Goldfish. 4. I can't imagine going to a play date at someone else's house and I stay there and my daughter comes up to me and asks for a snack and I look at the host to provide said snack. I don't understand how people aren't bringing their own snacks to play dates. 5. When I make plans to go to a friend's house, generally I'll bring something... chips, bottle of wine, a little something. I really think the world is just different now based on replies.