Helping ds to make friends

[Happierthaneverwishicouldexplainitbettef]

Ds is 10 almost 11.

We don’t live near his school friends and I’m worried that he’s getting a bit lonely. Especially with the Summer holidays starting.

He’s an only child, cousins don’t live nearby. We have got some arrangements for friends to come over and he’s got his footie mates, but there’s a lot of days to fill and his school friends have got their own neighbourhood kids to play out with.

We live opposite a green and i do occasionally see some children his age playing on the green.

Would it be a stupid idea to persuade him to go out with his ball or on his bike in the hope that one of the kids asks him to play?

Force him out my son is 12 and has a good group of friends but he still needs a push every now and then to make 'new' friends and kids love making new friends

Give him a bag of sweets to take and tell him to offer them round to break the ice.

It was much easier when he was little and would just make friends with randoms at the park.

He’s any so he’d never approach but I thought if he’s visible playing on the field then a friendly kids might approach him.

That’s a god idea.

Or next time he has a mate over, send them both out (preferably with something to do that could extend to more kids), and then they can be the ones inviting the other kids to join in.