it's the only way it works. It took me MONTHS to get a hold of the number of my son's best friend's parents so that now we can organize maybe an afternoon of play every 4-5 weeks.
I have certainly gotten to know some parents at pick up, but there’s a whole bunch I have not met.
It may be a good time for some small social disobedience to push back to how things used to be
Why do all that, when you can sit in the comfort of a nice warm / cool dry vehicle and play videogames and listen to music?