My little boy has been at nursery for nearly a year. He is in a class of about 7 kids, but usually only 4 or 5 turn up to each session.
There’s some kids he likes more than others, one he dislikes, and a couple he talks about constantly at home. One thing they all have in common though is that they all seem indifferent to him, except for one rather bossy girl who does seem to actively dislike him.
Is it normal that he doesn’t have a special little friend? He plays with the kids, but he is closer to his teachers. Maybe this is normal for an only child? It just sucks because he rants and raves about these kids at home, but I see none of the enthusiasm returned. Often they don’t say bye bye to him when he says bye as he leaves nursery. It’s not wilful meanness, it’s just they aren’t interested.
I’m not stupid, I know he has been a little pushy. He gets into kids faces occasionally when he talks, there was an incident where he chased three of the girls with a toy crocodile yelling snap snap, and he pushed a kid too.. I was immediately concerned when the teachers told me, but they are quite honest about these things and said it’s perfectly normal for a two year old to be learning about social boundaries at this age, and that other kids in the class are the same.
I swear I’m not just being a blind parent when I say this, but my son is a good kid. Any time he has been mean, he has been given a talking to, but it’s clear to us and our teachers that he is just learning, not a bad kid. I should probably add that before he started nursery this year he had next to no interaction with kids his age, so it’s possible he is socially slower than the other kids in his class.
To be honest, I’m not 100% sure the other kids have close friendships with each other, but they do play together much better. Is it because the kids are all so young? They are all aged 2-3. Is it unusual that he hasn’t made any close friends?
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Normal for 2.5 year old to have no friends at nursery?
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Pansy0926 · 28/01/2018 22:14
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