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Reply to "6 year old says he has no friends, but he does -- how to respond?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The first thing you do is empathize - "It must be really hard to feel like you have no friends." Then in a calmer moment, talk about what he thinks a friend is and point out the interactions you saw that make you think he does have friends. (It's a cognitive distortion that he doesn't have friends, so lead him through the evidence that it's incorrect.) And then, come up with action items for him to take to improve his friendships - invite one kid over for a play date, etc.[/quote] this seems like micromanaging to me. kids don't need this much hand-holding. just give some reassurance and let him learn to comfort himself. clearly he'll learn that he has friends. no need to step in and give him an action plan. what's described above is textbook helicopter parenting, PP, keep an eye out. [/quote]
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