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DDs play almost exclusively with each other...should I be worried?

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Miaou · 28/08/2004 18:46

My dds, aged 7 and 5.5, play almost entirely with each other and no other children outside of school. In school they interact and play with other children, but outwith school they never ask to have others round to play, or to visit other children. I do sometimes ask other children round to play, but tbh most of the time they end up just playing with each other and leaving the other child out!

At this point I must say that there isn't really a lot we can do about it - because of where we live there are no planned activities I can take them to, to mix with other children, and though I can ask children over to play, there doesn't seem a lot of point if they are not interested. I'm not worried about it per se, but should I be? I'd be interested to hear from other people who played a lot with their sibling as a child and whether they felt it affected their social development.

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mummytojames · 28/08/2004 18:56

miaou you have two daughters who get along and play nice together god are they angels or something i wouldnt worry about it to much at this age because as soon as they hit there teenage years and start getting on each others nerves and both wanting friends to stay over at exactly the same time then your troubles start if you would rather they start interacting outside school with others try just taking them to the park and let them do things at there own pace
hth

Miaou · 28/08/2004 19:07

re angels - nooooooo, definitely not!!

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Miaou · 29/08/2004 10:35

bump ... anyone?

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lydialemon · 29/08/2004 10:51

Miaou, my DSs are close in age ( 4 and 6) and play together all the time too. TBH I'm really happy about it as I know a lot of other siblings who can't stand each other! If they interact with other children at school then I don't think they have a problem when they get older - it's probably just more familiar and comfortable to play together at home.

Miaou · 29/08/2004 11:30

Think you're probably right, lydialemon, I know I should be grateful they get on so well!

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blossomhill · 30/08/2004 23:11

Same here my ds 6 and dd 5 play together most of the time and I think it's great

jampot · 30/08/2004 23:14

I have an older sister and a twin sister and we very rarely had any friends round when we were young - we played and fought together but very rarely asked for someone else to join us. My kids play together and ds is now upset because his sister is moving to a new school and he "won't get huggles from her in the playground" - before anyone's sick they do fight like cat & dog too

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