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Questions from your child (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by foofiepie@lemmy.world to c/dadsonly@lemmy.world

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Maybe someone can help me with a question my 10yr old put to me.

‘A few people (in school) think of me as their best friend but I don’t think the same way, I’m best friends with Bob (not his real name :)) instead, and don’t like playing with the others as much. How do I deal with that?’

My initial response was something along the lines of ‘just be as good a mate as you can and be kind to the others’ but I’m not sure I’m getting the nuance.

Any pointers?

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[–] ServeTheBeam@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Is the thing they like to do only something him and Bob can do? Or can they find something they can all play together?

This also sounds like a good opportunity to teach him about setting boundaries. Being able to tell the other kids “I want to play with only Bob right now. I’ll play with you guys a different time.”