Basically she is fine with children she knows really well (next door neighbour, plus one other long standing friend). Apart from that she wants to invite friends home from school, but it is really hard work.
She is very reluctant to share toys, pens etc, and tends to throw a wobbly at the slightest thing. Its also really hard to get her to pay attention to what her visitor might like to do, and not, for instance, wander off and read a book mid visit.
Am I being unreasonable to expect it to have got easier by this age? I don't want to stop her having friends home, as otherwise I don't see how it will ever improve, but I am getting close to that point. I already limit the length of visits to a couple of hours after school with tea in the middle.
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What are your 5/6 year old DCs like when they have a friend round to visit? Is DD awful because she's an only child?
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kategarden · 15/05/2008 20:43
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