Anyone with an only child?

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I have one child . I would have liked more but it didn't happen so looking for advice on how to be a great parent to an only

Dc is 6 and I have just realised that parties and play dates are mainly drop off so I feel a bit sad about that because I enjoy watching him socialise with his friends.

In the future I would like to try and make our house an open house for his mates as otherwise I fear I will never see him! All his friends have at least one or 2 siblings and I worry when we go there with all the fun of loads of kids he feels he is missing out.

Also we have a small garden smaller than his friends houses and he also has a small bedroom and I worry about kids wanting to hang out here

We do have a massive summerhouse at the end of the garden which I have planned to covert into a den with a table football etc

Anyway please share your experiences of how you stop the guilty feeling. Ds is fine he has no knowledge of my concerns that he will be a social pariah because he has no siblings and is very happy and sociable!

If anything, kids will flock to your house because there’s no younger siblings in the way! Once kids hit there teens they don’t want their annoying brothers/sisters hanging around. Turning your summer house into a den sounds like a great idea.

DS is 10 so we’re only a few years ahead of you but I’ve made a huge effort to invite his friends over. He usually has someone for tea after school once a week. You do have to be really proactive about it. I hope he’ll be a sociable teen and not one that locks himself away all the time (I know this will happen but I’d like it if he had friends to invite around)

Its sound to me like your more scared of 'losing' your son than the fact he has no siblings?

My DN is 10 and an only child, she is very happy and adores her little cousins but does get tired of entertaining them after a day or so!

I think as long as your always happy for him to have friends over/ let him go to his friends then he will be fine.

Thanks

I think you always feel guilty either way

I hope his friends will want to come here. He is very sociable.

Also goes to lots of activities