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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid seems to have friends at school and has lots of stories about playing at recess and in after care.  But she's not super interested in playdates or seeing her friends outside of school.  She seems happy but just enjoys the downtime at home.  Some of it is the pandemic in that we stopped doing these things for so long that she's just not interested in picking them back up.  I'm trying not to worry about it. [/quote]

This is how my son is. The teacher says he is "never alone" meaning he's always playing and chatting with someone. His teacher last year said he was popular among his peers. But he doesn't ask for playdates and is happy to just see kids at his sports practices/games, play with his younger brother at home, and just hang out. I agree that the pandemic played a role. He was in K when everything shut down and we were just getting into that whole world of playdates with kids from school that I didn't know very well. I think he just adapted to life without that and found other ways to entertain himself even when we hit a point where we were comfortable doing playdates again. I'm sure if he didn't have a little brother it would be different. They are close enough in age that they can play pretty well during the times no one is at school or activities.

I don't have it in me to be one of those moms trying to engineer my kid's social life. I assume he will start gravitating more towards wanting to be around friends in his downtime as he gets older. I think some parents spend a lot of time trying to set these things up for their kids. I guess their kids ask for playdates more? I know a couple friends with only children who ask for playdates a lot. I figure why add another thing to my to do list if my kid isn't asking.[/quote]

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