Want to help my daughter make friends, how to I do that...
harshitha posted on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 11:28
My daughter is going to be 6 and still he is a lonely child. She does not make friends easily. I have a similar nature my whole life I have not been able to make many good friends. Is it that my daughter has inherited the same nature.
But I know without friends my daughter will not have company and this could harm her in many ways. How can I help her make friends. Please please give me some ideas.
May be your daughter is not able to get along with her peers easily. You can encourage her to make friends with younger age kids. Generally younger age kids tends to give value to the older kids. This way your daughter will gain confidence and slowly she may start mixing up with kids of her age.
Get your daughter enrolled in some hobby classes where she will find kids with similar interests as hers. This will widen the circle of kids she meets and also boost up her confidence. This way she may even find kids with similar thinking.
Invite some kids to your home including younger kids. Observe your daughter's interaction during this time. And later point out to her where she may be lacking like she may not be willing to open up or share or may be she is getting hurt easily or she is very shy. Explain to her not like a mom but as a friend.
harshitha,
Give some ideas to your daughter about how to make friends. Many a times kinds do not know how to socialize. You can tell your daughter to take interest in her friends activities. for example if a girl whom she wants to be friend with likes drawing your daughter can also try to do the same with her.
Or maybe she can make some friend with similar interest.