s/o random praise/brags for your kid
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Me, too! I also love the enthusiastic but slow swimmer. So sweet. I was a quiet, shy nerd as a kid, and didn’t really have any consistent peer relationships until school. My kid was born an extrovert and has grown up I going to child care and extracurriculars. I love watching my kid be social and making friends—he’s just a natural people person and that is so cool to me. I love hearing people greet him with genuine enthusiasm. I love that he gets invited to parties and play dates and has friends at school. I love that he’s made new friends at the pool this summer with 0 help from me. It just feels nice to have that kid who other kids (and adults) like to hang out with. |
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Daycare and extracurriculars had nothing to do with it, PP. My son sounds exactly like yours and was home with me, a shy introvert and bookworm, for five years before kindergarten. Our boys were just born that way. It is wonderful to see! |
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| I took my 3 kids for a day trip, and by 5pm everyone was grumpy and tired. We got ice cream before heading back to the car. My 5yo is generally pretty rigid and has a very hard time with her 2yo brother. Everyone was eating on a long bench and 2yo decides to lay down to eat (🤷♀️) and sent 5yo’s special swirl with sprinkles flying into a ditch. I was expecting histrionics, but 5yo gracefully accepted my offer of my own plain vanilla and carried on. I was so proud of her! |
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DS 6 dotes on his 2 yo sister. He's sad he has to leave her at home when school starts next week.
DD 2 wakes up in the middle of the night and yells "huuuug! huug!" then after she gets a long hug goes right back to sleep. Cracks me up. |
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I am proud that both of my kids are so polite and friendly with neighbors and people they meet. At the pool last week my 2 year old walked into the little pool where another family was playing and said “I’m larlo, this is daddy (points at dad), what’s your name?”
Not sure how I got such a social kid during a pandemic but I’m here for it. |
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My son turned 5 in May. He adds, subtracts and multiples! No rote memorization or tables. He does it I. His head and uses his fingers. We never taught him this stuff!
Also, yesterday at a water park there was a scared kid in the water slide. He tried to go a few times, but couldn’t convince himself. A few minutes later I see my son and this kid in the slide holding hands and slide right down. He told me later he held his hands because he was scared and he wanted to help him. |
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DH is out of town for the weekend with my older DS while I am at home with my younger DS, who is 4.
He asked me to read to him after dinner, but I told him I couldn't tonight because I have to wash the dishes since daddy isn't home. DS immediately dragged a chair up to the counter and proceeded to wash all the dishes from dinner. All of them. It took like 30 minutes but it was really sweet. |
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Why did you feel the need to pick apart my brag? What pettiness. I clearly said he was a born extrovert. Being in social settings has allowed me to observe his nature and watch his friendships grow. And if you think having the opportunity to practice social skills has nothing to do with developing social skills, I don’t know what to tell ya. |