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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, are you sure this is really happening?  My son gave me this same story last year.  I was heart broken.  And then when talking to a few other moms, they said their kids said the same thing.  So either they are exaggerating or the playground is full of kids just wandering around not playing with each other.

After digging a little deeper, my son finally admitted that he just doesn't understand their games or doesn't like their games.  We had a talk about how sometimes you have to play games you don't like, its not all about you.  A year later, he doesn't talk like he is king of the social circle, but he seems to be able to hold his own at recess.

And, at some point he asked for a fit bit, so if nothing else, he can walk around and try to get his steps up :  )

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It really might be happening to OP's kid, but I agree to get the whole story. I used to teach elementary school and a parent came to complain her child was not being included at recess.  I was a young teacher who loved to go out to recess with my class and play kickball or handball. I would make sure everyone was included in my class but this boy didn't want to play kickball with the established rules. He wanted to be able to run around the bases the other way when it wasn't his turn to kick, or wanted to pick up the ball and throw it at a kid instead of tagging the runner out.  He didn't want to play by the rules so in his mind no one wanted to play with him. Or he wanted to play one game that no one else wanted to play. [/quote]

Interesting.[/quote]

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