No parent friends at my childs school

[Lolxe]

Hi,

My little boy is in Year 1, he attends a nice local school and enjoys going. He has been invited to lots of birthday parties and has had no friendship issues. I am friendly with the other parents at drop off and pick up and at the parties but don't really feel I am friends with any of them. Its getting me down a bit and I'm not sure why. I know a few parents are friendlier with each other and have meet ups and playdates which would be nice to be invited to. At a recent school event I felt quite lonely as most parents stayed behind to together and I just felt a bit awkward and left. I feel my little boy is now missing out and im not sure what to do. I have lots of friends outside of this school but feel im missing out of this school parent world. Is this normal? Should I be reaching out more?

Boosting for advice

I would give it a go. Ask them if they’d like to come for a play date, invite mum in for tea/ coffee

Is there a PTA? You could try joining that as a way to get to know other mums.

Joining PTA is a great idea, and any other volunteering at school. I think sometimes it just takes a while to find friendly people. I wouldn't stress about it, when your son goes to secondary you barely ever see other parents!

I honestly wouldn't worry. It definitely won't affect your son. I had some close friends which was nice but then my son made his current friends and its a completely different set of parents. I'm not that keen on any of them and so not striving to be their best friend. We just have functional friendships where we sort out playdates for our children.