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Questions tagged [friends]

Questions related to a child's friends, including making friends, maintaining relationships, disagreements with friends, etc.

Questions related to a child's friends, including making friends, maintaining relationships, disagreements with friends, etc.

Use for questions related to interpersonal relationships not involving friendship specifically.

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My son is being hit by a friend, and we need to discuss the situation with his mom

I have two kids, an 8-year-old son and a 6-year-old daughter--second grade and first grade, respectively. They are both tiny. My son is only 46 pounds. A child entered my daughter's first-grade class. Let's call the boy Joe. He's big, maybe 60…
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How to encourage my 7 year old to move on from her preschool friend?

My daughter, we'll call Beth, had a close friend, we'll call Alice, who was in the same daycare/preschool from ages 6 months through just before 5 years old. Alice lives in the next town over, so once they both finished preschool, they went to…
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My son doesn't want to play with a boisterous neighbour. What do I say and do?

We have neighbours who have a son and daughter a similar age to my son (10) and daughter (7). The daughters get on well but my son finds the boisterous boy too much. I would like to be able to tell my neighbour (the parent - who is quite sensitive)…
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What do you do when neighbor children that you don't know start coming over to your house to play with your kids?

Edit - May 30, 2014 Details on this question can be found below, but here is a summary of my questions: How do I approach the parents of these children? What should I say to the parents? Do I work with the parents to set rules for their kids?…
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Should my children steer clear of the "bad kids"?

My kids are 9 and 7, boy and girl, respectively. They're nice, spunky, forgiving, and open-minded. They're hardly perfect; they're also sassy, sarcastic, and demanding. Because of their willingness to play almost any game with anyone, we know a lot…
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How can I explain to my 4 year old that his friend has moved away?

My 4 year old son has a good friend who is a foster child. She was being fostered (with two siblings) by a couple who lived not far from us and we were just beginning to get friendly with this family, planning playdates, inviting to birthdays, etc..…
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I'm not happy about the new seating order in my class

I am 13 and my place in the classroom was changed today because I was talking in the class. But the teacher made me sit next to a girl. While she was thinking about change of seat, she was muttering "hmm, I need a concentrating student to sit next…
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