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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's too much too soon. The other two are good friends and it feels like your DS in inserting himself. Forcing it. As parents sometimes you can't get what you want. Invite both kids. And yes when the three are together your DS will be an outsider for awhile. Friendships don't happen quickly.

Btw, calling it a play date if your kid is older than 3rd or 4th grade is real lame. No self respecting tween is this childish.[/quote]

This. Invite the other kid too. It’s not about the kids respecting social norms, it’s about socializing your own and getting him to develop friendships. Maybe the other kid doesn’t know your son well and thinks it will be awkward. Maybe they already have their own group of friends, and instead of peeling friends off one by one, it’s better your son joins the group and develops multiple relationships at once.

It’s actually a great thing the kid proposed to bring others, it’s a way to introduce your son to the group of friends and to make him one of their own. Crazy how a teen boy is more socially savvy than most of the response posts on this thread.[/quote]

My 9yr old is brining a friend as well and I literally don’t have room in my car. That’s why he was told he could bring 1 friend. My son is friends with both boys. He has been invited to do more things with the boy he invited and is closer to him so that’s why he chose him. He was very confused with the response as they were just chatting on Xbox earlier. [/quote]

Invite the other kid for sleepover only. You get some one on one time with the friend and some with the group.[/quote]

No, that’s rude. Do the joint sleepover another day.  [/quote]

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