AMY CHUA: "Attend a sleepover, have a play date, watch TV or play computer games, be in a school play, get any grade less than an A."

蔡美儿：“比如说，她们不准在外过夜，不准参加聚会、看电视、玩儿电子游戏、参加校园演出，任何一科的成绩不能低于A。”

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The days when children roamed the neighborhood and played with whomever they wanted to until the streetlights came on disappeared long ago, replaced by the scheduled play date.

以前孩子们在街区自由自在地闲逛，想和谁玩就和谁玩，街灯亮起了才肯回家。 这样的好日子早已经一去不返啦。

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Janai Nelson and Crystal Granderson-Reid thought of the idea for the dolls during a play date for their children.

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I was taking my younger child home from a play date on Sunday and he asked me out of the blue, ?" "Why can't you marry your mother or your father?"

周日我带我的小儿子去玩，回家的路上,他突然问我，“你为什么不能和你的父母结婚“

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"Attend a sleepover,have a play date, watch TV or play computer games, be in a school play, get any grade less than an A."

VOA: special.2011.02.17

With our manic schedules, it took several rounds of messages to nail down a day and time for a play date.

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And when you do connect with a fellow mom, taking things to the next level -- a play date or coffee -- can be as nerve-wracking as telling your boyfriend you want to move in together.

CNN: A kind of courtship: Finding a mom friend in the big city

If he wanted to set up a play date with another child, he would give the mother his email address and phone number, but felt odd asking for contact details in return, as he didn't want her to think he was hitting on her.

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