Ask Allison: My daughter’s upset her friend is never free for Friday playdates – how do I raise this with her mum?

Ask Allison: My daughter’s upset her friend is never free for Friday playdates – how do I raise this with her mum?

Question: I have an eight-year-old daughter who is absolutely mad about her little friend from school. I have invited the girl over on numerous occasions but she has never been free. Friday is the playdate day in her school. It turns out that this girl is locked in a rotating playdate with other kids from the Montessori they went to, and the parents are all friendly.