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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's just your son. Mine is three years old and often coming home asking for a playdate with this kid or that one. [/quote]

Mine is a fetus and started a book club.[/quote]

I don’t know why people are making fun. We started teaching him to ask names of kids he liked playing with at preschool and set up playdates at the park with those kids. Now he asks. [/quote]

Because you said “it’s just your son” like yours is the only typical and everyone else is atypical [/quote]

... but isn't it typical? All my kids except for the one with severe social anxiety were asking for playdates in pre-school.[/quote]

Not all kids are in center-based care at such a young age so not all of them form close enough friendships that young. Many have nannies and SAHPs, some only sporadically attend classes with same-age peers. If a 3/4 yo is cared for by a nanny and sees a particular kid at the park or toddler ballet classes several times a month, it might not pop into the kid's head to ask the nanny to arrange a playdate with that kid, and the nanny might not be that social herself. What is "typical" in your very small bubble isn't typical in the world at large where there are many types of care situations besides preschool.[/quote]

Interesting. My boys both went to part time pre-school 4 days a week from 9-12 and they absolutely made friends and asked for play dates. I was a SAHM until they went into elementary.[/quote]

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