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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thank you for these responses, they are interesting and helpful and helping me to see other perspectives.

The main issue is that my child is not invited anywhere by her friends, either to their house or to meetup at a park, etc.  DC is always asking, "why doesn't my best friend ever invite me over, they always come here."  That's my question too.  We host a ton but I'm wondering why it's not reciprocated, and I'm guessing it's mainly because families want to invite over other families with same-aged kids but that just seems a little limiting.  When I was growing up my sister had a best friend who was an only child, and when that child came over, I didn't have anyone to play with and that was fine, I just did my own thing because my sister wanted time with her friend solo.  It was never an issue the way it seems to be today.[/quote]

I have multiple kids and at 7 they do drop off play dates and sleepovers. My 7 year old’s friends all have siblings and this is never an issue (having the sibling at home during play date). My eldest’s BFFs are both only children and all families do sleepovers and play dates… we always reciprocate. When kids are at our house, sometimes there is one or two siblings around but it has never been an issue. If/when my eldest wants to be alone with her friends (not often since they mostly all play together), she goes into her room.[/quote]

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