Yep. Visiting friends is one thing. Finding moms with kids the same age as yours so you can visit your friends *with* your kid in tow without the kid or the parent or the friend losing it, because *you* want friends, is one thing.

Doing it "for" your kid is another, and frankly I don't know that the lessons it teaches the kids are ones you want to be teaching, really....

Kids notice more than some folks give them credit for. Including motivations like these, I suspect....