my ds is happy and cheerful but tends to just do his own thing, doesn't play with others. I feel that it's important for him to make friends but I'm not sure how to help him. when other kids approach him he tends to go quiet or walk off, I've said to him to try smiling and saying hello but pretty much I have to be standing over him to make him do it which kind of defeats the purpose! He has a couple of friends he has known for a long time so I know he can play well with others but he doesn't seem interested in making new friends. The friends he has don't go to the same nursery and won't be going to school with him either. Do you think I should just leave him to it as he is generally happy or is there anything I could do to help? me and dh are both quite shy and I would really like if my ds could feel confident socially as I'm sure it makes a lot of things in life easier! Any ideas welcome.
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4 yr old not interacting with other kids - should I do anything?
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malloo · 02/09/2008 09:56
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