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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in an area where the vast majority of families are immigrants, which is one of the reasons I love my neighborhood. However, I’m having really hard time making friends with the families. My kids are very friendly with their kids at school but whenever I try to set up play dates, they don’t respond to me, and I understand many are not fluent in English, but they have ignored birthday party invitations too. I’m at a loss on how to get the kids together. My elementary age DD is sad that she can’t talk to some of her friends. It’s a little easier with my 10 yo because he can set up his own virtual playdates in the form of gaming without parent involvement, but I have yet to hear from his best friends parents from over two years. It feels like they want to stick to their “own kind” which defeats the whole purpose of living in a diverse area.  Of course not all are like this but it seems like the vast majority of my children’s friends are like this.[b] Any ideas on how to encourage them to be friendlier?[/b] With quarantining, I don’t even see them anymore at school events so I really don’t know how to get the parents to respond.[/quote]

that is your problem.  you are trying to change them. ask yourself what *you* can do, not how *they* can be friendlier to you.  [/quote]

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