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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  The problem is that my kids' friends are all at their school.  I am trying to reach out to their moms to set up playdates (maybe once every 3-4 weeks) but I am getting very little interest.  I have two daughters who have no behavioral issues, so that is not the problem.  We have invited individual kids over for playdates and that is usually well received, the moms usually respond then and the kids come over.  But sometimes I get tired of asking individual moms for playdates so I do a group invite instead, that feels a little less embarassing since we are never invited anywhere and no one ever reciprocates.

We have no friends in the neighborhood or through all the activities my daughters are in, and they are always asking for playdates with their school friends, who are their only friends.  But I feel like the moms of their school friends are not interested in the kids getting together after school or on weekends.  I feel like I'm the only one asking for playdates and they are just not that interested, so that puts me in a tough place because my daughters have no other friends.  We also have no local family.

I have tried to enroll my daughters in more social activities but it hasn't helped them make friends.[/quote]

If their friends are at school then let them play at school. Recess, aftercare, maybe hang out at the playground before or after school. Many families don’t do play dates on the weekends. Those are reserved for nuclear family, relatives, and family friends. [/quote]

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