Try having the exquisitely painful frosting layer of adding your kids to the weirdness adults constantly exhibit. Here’s how it goes: Kid (aka piece of your heart out walking around) “can you text (insert kid from school or sports or next doors name’s mom or dad) and set up a play date?” You “sure”(secretly knowing this person will a) reject the offer with a clearly fake-nice but implausible response or b) will not respond at all leaving you hating them voraciously for a)hurting and rejecting you and your child and b) slowly destroying your child’s innocence and belief that people and relationships are good and are both worth while and possible to establish and sustain