I ask her what she does for fun with her friends. “Sometimes we make plans and go see a movie or something . . . or go out to dinner sometimes,” she says. But those are not parent-free outings. “Usually, like, one parent comes along, or two, depending on how many want to go,” she says. “It’s kind of fun—with parents and kids.” They find a movie everyone will like, she says, and the parents and children go together—just as they did when the kids were in elementary school.
