• Replies 11 replies
  • Subscribers 84 subscribers
  • Views 3033 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

How to get my child to interact with other children

NAS69965

My son attends nursery but when it comes to interacting with the children he doesn't. He will play along side them but he behaves as though no one else is there. When it comes to story time or group activities he just plays away on his own

If I take him to the park and their is children of 10 years old he would run to play with them. 

When it comes to adults he talks away in baby language and the words he can say. No lack of confidence and always wants to be involved with what adults are doing

Why does my son behave like this and how do I get him to interact with the children his own age

Parents

  • I was exactly like that too - I felt far more comfortable around adults and people older than me than people of my own age. When there were gatherings or birthday parties involving adults and children, I'd stick with the adults, who wanted me to play with the children because of course they wanted to be adults and talk and catch up, which is totally understandable and fair enough; they didn't really want me. I don't quite know why I felt more comfortable with people who were older than me, but it seems to be a common story. Now my dearest friend is a man of 68 - I'm 33 and he calls me his pretend daughter as he's estranged from his own daughter. We have a very special, beautiful relationship. People think our friendship is strange but neither of us care; we know it isn't strange in a negative way. As long as your son is happy, then I think the best thing you can do is to reassure him that he's perfect as he is to you and that you love him and accept him. Some people are more introverted and don't communicate in the way that we expect and form relationships differently and that's OK. Everything is OK unless it hurts anyone, or has destructive/negative outcomes for anyone. It really does take all sorts to make a world.

Reply

  • I was exactly like that too - I felt far more comfortable around adults and people older than me than people of my own age. When there were gatherings or birthday parties involving adults and children, I'd stick with the adults, who wanted me to play with the children because of course they wanted to be adults and talk and catch up, which is totally understandable and fair enough; they didn't really want me. I don't quite know why I felt more comfortable with people who were older than me, but it seems to be a common story. Now my dearest friend is a man of 68 - I'm 33 and he calls me his pretend daughter as he's estranged from his own daughter. We have a very special, beautiful relationship. People think our friendship is strange but neither of us care; we know it isn't strange in a negative way. As long as your son is happy, then I think the best thing you can do is to reassure him that he's perfect as he is to you and that you love him and accept him. Some people are more introverted and don't communicate in the way that we expect and form relationships differently and that's OK. Everything is OK unless it hurts anyone, or has destructive/negative outcomes for anyone. It really does take all sorts to make a world.

Children
No Data