My son is in year 6 at school and seems very reluctant to invite friends round. He would rather depend on one boy, who is in his class and lives about 10 minutes walk away but this boy has other friends who he is always out with. My son invites him round but this boy never invites him back, even though he says he hangs around with him in school.
I've said to him he can't just rely on one friend and has to make an effort with other people.
In previous years he has invited other boys round for tea but for whatever reason they never invited him back and I think this is perhaps because the parents are rude. I would never not invite someone back.
He is going to secondary school in September and the boy who he relies on to be his friend is one of the few that is going to the same school.
My husband says I am worrying about nothing and he is bound to make loads of new friends in secondary school but I am not so sure.
He has no-one on our avenue to play with, as there are no children.
He is on MSN a lot at the moment with boys and girls in his class and he did actually go to the pictures last week with a few of them but they hardly spoke - seems they can only be chatty on MSN!!
Anyone any ideas on what to do or should I just let him learn the frindship thing by himself.
My older son never kept in contact with any of his primary school friends anyway (even though he had the same four all the way through).