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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In any case, the PP who said siblings don't solve the socialization issue was right. Siblings are great in many ways, but it's not the same as playing with peers you aren't related to. Birth order dynamics and family quirks make those relationships fundamentally different (sometimes better, sometimes worse).

No one wants neighborhood friends more than the kid who isn't getting along with their sibling, btw.[/quote]

Then go where the kids are. At after school activities. You can't have your cake and eat it too.[/quote]

I don't know who you think you are arguing with. I'm fine with after school activities and don't care if there are neighborhood kids around for y kids to play with. Mine go to aftercare because that's where their friends are. I was just agreeing with the PP who pointed out that having siblings isn't some magic bullet that ends the need for your kids to make friends.[/quote]

I think some people have this imagined ideal of a neighborhood full of kids playing baseball and tag in the street and in and out of each others houses all the time. But I grew up with that childhood and it was... fine? I actually think it would have been cool to go to activities where I could have made friends with kids who shared my interests and actually learned some kind of skill. I didn't stay in touch with a single kid from my street growing up. Nothing wrong with them, we had some good times, but it didn't create lasting bonds or make me a better person or anything.

I probably would have really liked to go to gymnastics and learn to play the piano a couple days a week.[/quote]

We had this when my boys were little, like in kindergarten. We lived in a neighborhood with a lot of kids and a bunch of boys would play together after school. This was when kids may have played t ball or rec soccer once per week. We moved and some kids played sports more competitively. Even if they live in the same neighborhood, I heard a lot of the boys are no longer friends.[/quote]

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