To think my dd might be immature for her age

[QueenViki]

I love her just the way she is and find her endearing but I’ve been helping out at an after school club and I’ve realised she’s quite young in her ways compared to her peers. She’s just turned eight. She creates little characters out of craft materials, gives them names and makes things for them. She talks excitedly about them to her peers but they either ignore her or make it obvious they’re not interested. They seem to have outgrown this kind of thing. She also obsessively chats about her pets and again they just tell her she’s going on and getting boring. They seem to talk in a slightly more grown up. Dd is lovely with a heart of gold but I can sense she’s falling behind a little in terms of maturity and I would hate for that to result in her becoming isolated. Am I worrying about nothing? To be fair in other ways she is apparently mature as she doesn’t mess around like a lot of her peers do in class.

I think your daughter sounds like a happy child who has healthy interests & developing skills that are great for her emotional wellbeing .

I wish for you to feel proud of both you & her !

Dd is just nine and would talk to your dd about those things. Dd has certain friends she's more herself with and will play barbies or make believe or whatever and then other friends who she's more grown up with and she's a lot less secure with the second group and I wish she'd avoid them. If your dd is happy I'd encourage any friends on a similar wavelength and just relax and enjoy her.

She sounds lovely as she is. Enjoy her endearing ways.

She sounds fine, and what can you do about it anyway. She likes what she likes.

@Muyiwa I had a look and did not like at all.

Your daughter sounds like a lovely girl to me, and that she is very much her own person,and not like some other children,who are bothered about following trends,as in the ones that you have mentioned. I hope that she will continue,to stay true to herself.!

What BoomBoomsCousin said.

Your DD's interest in pets and her little characters is fine.

But becoming isolated is a real fear that you should be concerned about.

Not picking up social cues can kill the possibility of friendship for girls. Picking up social cues will become incredibly important for her in the next three years. I would advise you to speak to her teacher to find out what, if anything, the teacher has observed, and to look for ways to help your DD.

Can everyone report Muyiwa's spam please?

@mrsmalcolmreynolds my daughter would love to go to a pottery painting party.

8yo dd here loves dancing, taylor swift, make up, wants to be a youtuber. But then still pretends she is a cat, writes about the lol dolls, talks to them, tells me she will still play with them when she grows up. Still excited about santa and the tooth fairy. she does live in more of a fantasy world than some of her peers but thats just being a child. Better than than growing up too soon.

I was coming on to say "she can be mates with my nearly 8 year old" but it sounds like they are legion! My DD has started pony riding which is awesome because there's older girls there who are still into tge same things as she is. I must admit I sometimes struggle to take in all the details of each pony, their strengths and weaknesses, their treat preferences and which one tried to bite the other last week... but it's easier on the ears than all that Tiktok/youtube/Monsters High stuff that the rest of them in the class go on about.