Reply to Making friends at a new school

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Making friends at a new school - parent version"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what I need. I have not been able to figure it out yet. So, I appreciate this thread.

What do you do if no one ever invites your child on a play date or to a birthday party? DS seems to enjoy school and have friends when he is there. But nobody from school ever invites him..::am I expecting too much? He is only four.[/quote]

What happens when you invite them?

Volunteer for something - the auction committee, school book fair or whatever. Find a mom of a child near your kid's age and be warm and try to befriend her. [/quote]

Exactly.  Show up for the school literacy night or physical education night or other school event and ask your kid to point out his friends.  Then approach his friends' parents and introduce yourself.  Say something like "my little Eggbert talks about your Jimmy all the time - I'd love to get them together."  When they respond in kind, set up a playdate at the playground or someplace else fairly neutral.  Even if you don't end up being bosom buddies with your son's new friend's mom, you may then have an exchange of playdates and someone who is willing to pick up your kid in an emergency.

As for the parent who had someone let them down, I'm sorry this happened.  My kids have been going to DCPS for 6 years now, and I've had my share of disappointments along the way (parents who promised to invite my kid to a birthday party, parents who failed to bring promised treats on birthday day, and other failures).  I prefer to think of it as an individual parenting fail rather than a failure of DC writ large.  I was once an hour late to pick up my own kids from a birthday party because I just spaced on it and lost track of time.  Shockingly, my kids' friend's mom forgave me, and we are still friends today.  Things happen, and you have to have faith that most people are actually trying to do the right thing.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics