Secret Diary of a Single Dad: 'School gate mums are scary'

As part of the Examiner Voices series, we hear from a single dad on his attempts to infiltrate the "mommy mafia" during pick up. 

"What I’ve observed is both a beautiful support group, and an intimidating gang of mean mums." Picture: Stock image

“Maybe ask her mother to give me a call,” said the gymnastics coach, on the phone, frustrated as I failed to understand the complicated different groups and levels. My daughter's only brief to me was that she wants to be able to cartwheel.

I hang up and arrive outside the school.