Spokane mom creates vaccinated families Facebook group to make playdates

May 27, 2021 10:09 PM Kaitlin Knapp Posted: May 27, 2021 10:09 PM Updated: May 28, 2021 7:41 AM SPOKANE, Wash. — Making friends during a pandemic is hard, imagine doing that when you are two-years-old. One Spokane mom hopes what she is doing will help other families in the same boat. Parents have been cooped up, so have their kids. Now, with vaccinations reaching a good portion of people in Spokane, one mom hopes what she’s doing will help other families connect and make vaccinated friends. She has found a way to skip the sometimes awkward, ‘are you vaccinated?’ question and get right to the good stuff — play dates. Mothers like Danielle Mize want what is best for their children. Along the way, it does not hurt to have a friend or two. “He doesn’t talk very much like words or phrases so we’ve taught him sign language and I think it’s partially because he’s not very socialized,” Mize said. Making friends was put on pause because of the pandemic, until vaccines started coming out. “I was wondering is there a way for us to socialize so that he can start talking and hanging out with kids and…
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