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[quote=Anonymous]We have an elementary school aged only child and have always worked hard to build social connections over the years. This has been very difficult for us as parents since we are both very introverted and not very savvy when it comes to the young kids networking scene that seems ubiquitous around this area. It sometimes feels like we are always a step behind our child’s peers and that they are all more skilled at planning activities and multi-family outings or vacations when these things are exhausting for us. My DC is happy on these trips when we do go so we have tried to put ourselves out of our comfort zone in order to support them. With that said, DC doesn’t really ask for socialization during down times but that may be because we have always served up plenty of social opportunities without being asked.

My question is if all this effort is really so important in the long run? It feels like office politics or high school at times and I am not sure that this level of engagement suits my personality. I am exhausted trying to act engaged all of the time.

If it is important for my DC then we can continue to push ourselves but I wanted to get the perspective of more experienced parents with older kids. Is this just anxiety and keeping up with the Joneses or are we doing an important and good thing for our child by forcing ourselves out of our shell? What if we just stayed home more and let our DC ask for or arrange their own social life even though I think they may just keep to themselves as well?[/quote]

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