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Social Development - 3.5, Almost 4

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Locoso · 07/07/2026 12:33

My 3.5 year old son doesn’t really have friends. He plays with other kids in his class and calls them his friends, but no besties really. He will ask kids to play with him or join in when interested, but he seems less advanced than most of them. He still often prefers to play on his own, in his own way. Is that typical? He seems a bit behind socially. I see other kids his age much more engaged in associative play. He can and does, but is also very content to be with his parents or other adults or play with the kids in spurts. Sometimes I feel like he’s a bit socially awkward and doesn’t know what to do or say and can’t keep up. I don’t know!

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