I took my nearly 6-year-old daughter and her friend on a recent Saturday afternoon. My initial reaction was shock. It’s like a wave of sound and overstimulation hit the second I walked in.

Care and Feeding My Daughter Went to a Friend’s House for a Play Date. She Can Never Go Back There. I’ll be refusing all future invites.

The play focuses on the struggles of Celie, a young girl who lives in rural Georgia in the early 1900s, and is directed at the Gastonia Little Theater by Ashleigh Curry. ... So it's very meaningful ...