Do you dread play dates for your kids?
I have a 3year old girl and a 7year old boy. I dread playdates. Firstly, because my son misbehaves, loves pretend play more than his playmates still. Loves minecraft etc. Lots of kids say they are bored and a good thing about my son is I never hear that from him, he is good at keeping himself busy, no matter what. I feel my son is nicer than most kids his age. He never bothers me or interrupts when people talk, he entertains himself and he is not rude or says he doesn't like something when we go over for dinner, he tries it. But, other kids seem tougher than he is, like to playfight and he does not. But, he will not say anything, he will just fall to the ground. He is also in his own world a lot of the time. He can get loud and whiny and yell "stop!" if we try to tell him something. He is on the smaller side for where he should be for his age. In short, I dread play dates because I'm afraid our kids may be too different, I do not like seeing power imbalance and I'm afraid if conflict happens and that my son will not say anything if he does not like it, he may go along, but I can tell when he starts throwing himself on the floor as if in his own little world of pretend play. He doesn't ask to have play dates or anything either. He loves playing with his sister. If we go to the park, he tends to gravitate towards the younger kids… Any suggestions, comments, concerns I should have?