Last Tuesday, I got an email from Gatito’s nursery school that they are planning a playdate for the kids and the mommies to meet the teachers and the other kids and the mommies that will be in his class in September. For this Monday. At 10:30-11:45 a.m.
Arggghhhh! When I signed up for this nursery school, I did ask if I’d be the only working mother whose nanny dropped their kids off and they assured me they had plenty of working mothers.
If this is true, then 1) How about a little advanced warning to make it easier for me to arrange for the time off work? 2) How about inviting parents or caregivers, not just mommies? and 3) How about scheduling at, say 9:00, which would enable me to be at work by 11:00, instead of at 12:30?
I let my boss know I’d be working from home in the morning, taking a couple of hours off, and working the office in the afternoon. Then I told the nursery school to expect both A and me. (What? Dads aren’t supposed to be interested in meeting their kid’s future teachers and classmates?) I also very politely asked if they could perhaps, if at all possible, give a little more advanced notice in the future. They didn’t reply. Ugh.
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Edited to add: BrooklynGirl is right– The fact that they didn’t invite dads or give more notice is universally insensitive, not specifically insensitive to working moms!
