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[quote=Anonymous]I have a child who is very friendly with lots of others but doesn’t have a best friend. I also do 90 percent of the hosting (and I have a second). It’s just how these things go- I think other families don’t do as many playdates and she’s not the top choice to be invited over when they do, though they are happy enough to play here. We get more invites now she does drop off playdates- it’s going to help a lot. My kids weren’t ready young but especially big families drop off early- like 4/5. I had a 5 year old we didn’t know especially well dropped off not long ago. It was great.

As for when I’m hosting, I have a significant gap between my kids and I usually try to have the other kids out of the house or occupied at least some of the play date, but it’s not always possible. Honestly the majority of the time the kids figure it out, even the only children. Sometimes they find it fun to play with a younger child and younger child toys (my oldest hasn’t touched our toy kitchen in years but I’m amazed her friends still get excited to play with it). And the younger kids love and seek out the older one if they are on a playdate. I try to make sure they can do the activities they want to do (e.g. the little one isn’t demanding they play race cars or something) but if he joins in on some art what is the problem?

If a child is rude/mocking to my younger one they are not invited back. It’s only happened once. Hopefully that’s not what is going on with your child.[/quote]

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