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[quote=Anonymous]DS has a few friends at school, but their friendships are not deep. I don't expect too much from 4th graders any way, and I am amazed/happy that he makes some friends on his own. Those so-called friends of his are quite loud & naughty in my eyes, same as DS hyperactive. They are only restricted to school friends only, and I have not met any of those parents. They do not seem to like to interact with me or arrange anything outside of school. I have tried to introduce him some nice and calm 4th graders boys to him and their moms and I get along. Unfortunately, DS find those boys boring.....and not fun. They don't mind seeing them (not sure what to do with them due to personalities differences) and they never bully or tease him at school.  They all are from the same school, and they know each other. DH pushes me to connect with those parents of his so-called friends, it is quite hard for me to click with them. I am still trying. Right now, he has some same school friends that he makes on his own (their parents seem to be a bit difficult to interact with), some nice same school boys that he finds boring (their parents are nice and open to playdates if I want), and there are some potential same age scout and sport team boys that all attend different schools (their parents seem to be nice and not sure if they are open to playdates). I am thinking that if I give him a phone or smartwatch without internet, will that help him on any aspects of connecting more with his friends, and maybe expand his social friends? I have no problem with him at home with internet access watching youtube or playing video by himself. He has not watched any inappropriate things yet. He has not been introduced to use text messages, instant messages, group chats or multi players to play video games yet. He knows about them, but I believe mcps restrict cell phone uses at school site. Probably not many kids at his ages have cell phones or smartwatches yet. DH says that boys need to be introduced at an earlier age to play video games and phones to social or else they maybe get teased or out of many social opportunities outside of school. I want to hear any experiences when and how to introduce phone or smartwatch? Which one did you use? I definitely need to give him something before 6th grade (1.5 year from now) because he needs to walk home from middle school. I hear of Gabb phone or Gabb smartwatch which has zero internet access on the other forum. Is that the best one to introduce. is Gabb phone lame?

I post on special need forum because he has HFA and adhd. My main concern for phone or smartphone is 1) worried about stupid group text, text message or spread rumors from other kids or DS sending out 2) worried that he is obsessed with phone uses for whatever reason, make the situation worse.  So far, at his school, there are only a few teasing from a group of boys that he hates at school, but other than that, he seems to get along or at peace with most of other kids. The funny thing is that I know those parents as well, and I seem to get along with them. I still talk to them whenever I see them, and the parents are aware that their boys do not get along with my son. For the last few years, I still don't know how to flip the situation over by making these boys getting over it. They are just annoyed at each other, and they decide not to talk or interact with each other at school unless it is mandatory. Mostly it is their boys fault, and I know DS has some annoying behaviors and talking too much probably make them hate him. I see almost all 4th grader boys are silly, immature, and act foolish in different ways. My current approach now is not to do anything because DS hates them for mistreating him, and they hate him for probably his annoying behaviors. They probably will go to same MS and HS, and I will see how it goes.

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