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[quote=Anonymous]My 10 year old son rarely gets invited to birthday parties (maybe one every other year) and never gets invited to playdates.  He is well-behaved, no behavioral problems, neuro-typical.  He is in public school.

He had school friends, lots of friends to eat lunch with, has friends to play with at recess, and had a birthday party in Feb. in which he invited 10 boys from the class (and everyone attended and had a great time).  We invite one kid over for a playdate about once a month.  These have never been reciprocated.

He seems happy enough and doesn't complain about the lack of playdates/parties.  But our weekends are very lonely and to counteract this he has always been in a lot of extra-curricular activities, including two on weekends (team sport and art class as well as Sunday School).  This has always been a problem, ever since preschool.

I feel bad for him that he has never been on a sleepover, sees his friends going to playdates/sleepovers, etc.  I feel like he is missing out on important kid experiences, like I had growing up (where every weekend I was at a sleepover or playdate).

I have tried really hard to facilitate him making friends at church through Sunday School as well as in his team sport, in order to have more "friendship baskets" so his friendships aren't all just from school.  He now has two friends from Sunday School and team sport, but they never invite him to do anything either.

We even did a social skills class last year but I didn't think it helped at all.  His teachers have never raised any concerns about his social skills and say he is well-liked.

In general he is quiet and shy, though very well-liked by the other boys because he's great at sports and loves video games.

Should I be concerned about this or do anything differently?[/quote]

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