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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 345923" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>I can't recall where I read it, but one of the (millions) of books my mom dragged home for me to read had suggestions of "creating opportunities". Things like "when you go to pick your child up from school, take the family dog - pets encourage kids to gather around, and gives them a starting place for conversations with your child". I can't recall all the suggestions, but I'll try to look tonight and see if I happen to still have that book.</p><p> </p><p>My older difficult child probably would have spent his entire "teen-hood" in the chair in the living room had he not at least attempted to mimic easy child's social life. difficult child 1 made the rounds repeatedly between about 4 groups of kids...when one group got tired of him, he went to the next, and so on, his entire high school career. And had it not been for easy child 1's influence, I don't think he'd even have done that. I think he'd have been content to be home on Saturday night (which would have made our lives easier, by the way. LOL)</p><p> </p><p>Wee difficult child gets along, as you say, without really getting that he doesn't have a lot of friends. When he stops to think about it, he realizes it with his class at school, and things like that. BUt he considers the 3 boys he went to daycare with from the age of 14mos to 4 years to be his friends...while they will still come play with him sometimes when he calls, they never invite him to their house. But he doesn't notice that yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 345923, member: 1848"] I can't recall where I read it, but one of the (millions) of books my mom dragged home for me to read had suggestions of "creating opportunities". Things like "when you go to pick your child up from school, take the family dog - pets encourage kids to gather around, and gives them a starting place for conversations with your child". I can't recall all the suggestions, but I'll try to look tonight and see if I happen to still have that book. My older difficult child probably would have spent his entire "teen-hood" in the chair in the living room had he not at least attempted to mimic easy child's social life. difficult child 1 made the rounds repeatedly between about 4 groups of kids...when one group got tired of him, he went to the next, and so on, his entire high school career. And had it not been for easy child 1's influence, I don't think he'd even have done that. I think he'd have been content to be home on Saturday night (which would have made our lives easier, by the way. LOL) Wee difficult child gets along, as you say, without really getting that he doesn't have a lot of friends. When he stops to think about it, he realizes it with his class at school, and things like that. BUt he considers the 3 boys he went to daycare with from the age of 14mos to 4 years to be his friends...while they will still come play with him sometimes when he calls, they never invite him to their house. But he doesn't notice that yet. [/QUOTE]
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