Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 09:59:21 -0400

From: "Dale F.Coye" CoyeCFAT[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

Subject: New word? playdate



My kids have been playing with other kids for the past 10 years, but just

within the last year mothers have started saying "Let's arrange a playdate--"

a time when the kids can play. Even my daughter picked it up as a new term,

at least for our circle of friends. Is this really new or are we leading

sheltered lives?



Dale Coye

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Princeton, NJ.