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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking for advice from people who had a childhood without neighborhood friends - is that big of a deal? Wrestling with something right now... backstory is we absolutely love our home, it is beautiful and perfect for us as a family. We love the area, and moved a year ago. Since that time, it has become apparent that our neighborhood is way more older leaning than we realized. Super nice people! But keep to themselves and are mostly empty nesters... signs we thought were kids living there when we toured like swingsets and bikes were actually for grandkids when they visit. Youngest kids are in high school. There is no one for my kids in elementary to play with. No one seems to be moving anytime soon. I think it is ok maybe because they are so busy with activities and we are physically very close to where they go to school so lots of play dates with friends from there. Also, we won't meet anyone at, say, the bus stop because they go to private. [b]I want to stay but I also want my kids to have a fun childhood and part of that is running around with neighborhood friends... or am I putting too much value on it?[/b] They have never complained about it but I grew up on a rural farm and was lonely so I may be projecting. We as a family have a full social life otherwise so no complaints there. [/quote]

You are putting too much value on running around with neighborhood friends.  You need to continue with your normal socializing with others, continue to have playdates with school friends and you need to get your kids into ECs and sports to build a cohort of friends doing same/similar activities.

You can also reach out to the older neighbors and let them know that the kids can get together for sometime whenever  the grandkids are visiting if your kids are free too.  And when you do that, please be present and vigilant to supervise.  You will have to figure out if these are good and friendly kids or future psychopaths.

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