Making Friends: Toddler
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Making Friends
Asked by M.D. from Panama City
on March 2, 2008
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How do i help my daughter make friends? She is not shy, 5 years old, no school yet, late b-day,and we live way out in the woods. I put her in dance class, and try to ...
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- M., I just attended a great seminar called " Love and Logic " at Lake Forrest Prep School. It was about how to parent your children in the right way to make them r...
- you may want to consider a brownie or girl scout troop. The parents for that activity are much less likely to drop their kids off and leave. It's a wonderful organizat...
- M. I would suggest the following - church sunday school, brownies or if available in your neck of the woods public play grounds. You have to go at the same time, s...
Making Friends
Asked by M.V. from Chicago
on February 9, 2008
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A little frustrated. I have lived here for 3 years. In this time it has been hard to make friends. When you finally get to know some one it turns out they weren't real...
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- Hi M., I have also lived here about three years. I moved here from Utah. I am 26 and have a 3 yr. old boy and a 1 yr. old girl. My husband's name is Kelvin. I would ...
- Hi M., I just moved from Cali to Northern Chicago and left my whole life behind. I was so home-sick and hated the idea of making new friends when I had perfectly g...
- I have met some great people on matchingmoms.org I moved to IL when I was 7 months pregnant. All of the sudden I went from a lot of friends and a full time job to wha...
Hard Time Making Friends
Asked by H.J. from Spokane
on April 21, 2011
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I always feel like im the only one that has this problem and that it seems odd at this age to be afraid of making new friends. I am a military spouse and this is our 2...
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- I get extremely nervous around new people. Once I am comfortable I am still nervous but I muddle through it. I have a hard time making new friends also and hate it. I ...
- I have this exact feeling. I had to force myself to join MOPS and go to places where other moms were. For months, I barely spoke. Then I forced myself to make small t...
- I think most of us have a very hard time making friends. What do you say? How should you act? etc.? It really is like trying to "pick someone up". Just remember tha...
Making Friends with Other Moms
Asked by S.C. from Minneapolis
on May 9, 2011
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I moved to a new town several years ago and had a hard time making new friends (I'm shy and people in my town tend to already have social circles that seem to be hard ...
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- I think many of us moms feel this. I would just simply say, "Hey ladies, would any of you be up for a ladies night out? Maybe we can go out to eat or a movie or someth...
- I have a hard time with this issue sometimes too because we all get so crazy busy. I don't see my friends nearly as often as I would like, but here are the things we ...
- If you are to shy to ask anoth mother out one on one try asking all of them over for a Kid Free Night. Afterall you will be seeing these women for years to come as yo...
Trouble Making Friends with Other Moms, Is It Me?
Asked by G.N. from Waco
on July 12, 2010
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I have trouble making friends, I don't know if it's that I am trying to hard or what. I have joined mommy groups, play dates, mops, a church (by the way I was baptist ...
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- I too have the same problem. I have no trouble 'making' friends but once they get to know me & MY weird sense of humor or conversation preferences, they bolt. I have n...
- Oh sweetie all I can say is I feel you!!! I have been in a tough spot for like a year. It is lonely and it is hard to understand why no connections seem to happen. ...
- i like you...........i wish i was brave enough to have pink hair!.....i get the same thing....or used to, from other moms, i was a young mom myself i had my first at 2...
Friends
Asked by C.B. from Austin
on June 18, 2011
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I have lived in Austin all my life and never really had girl friends to hang out with. I'm a stay home mom with a 1 yr. old boy and a husband who works alot. I would l...
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- My wife and I have always found church to be a wonderful place to meet new friends when we move into a new area. When we were newly married, we went to the "young mar...
- I wanted to add to my reply....always talk to the moms you see at the park. Chances are they are just as lonely as you are! *** I hope you feel reassured by how m...
- It will get much easier as your son gets older. I would look into putting him into a two year old preschool program-mine did one 2 mornings a week. They both really ...
Friends
Asked by A.B. from Minneapolis
on March 14, 2011
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I have been struggling lately with my lack of friends. i have acuaintences but i do not have any close friends. i'm starting to think i am pushing people away. out of ...
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- Don't give up...there is someone (other than your hubby) who would love to be your friend. But you are going to have to put yourself out there. Are the qualities y...
- My oldest is 5 and I haven't made a close friend with kids the same age. I've met some other moms I say hello to in playgroup or story hour but that's it. You could ...
- I think you are doing yourself a disservice by being picky about finding someone who shares the same values and interests. I say this as a person who has pushed away p...
Friends
Asked by H.W. from Colorado Springs
on January 30, 2008
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My best friend moved 5 months ago and I miss her dearly. The problem is I am not a social butterfly like my husband is. I don't have any girlfriends here to talk to li...
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- You can always go to the library for story time, the park, mommy and me classes, etc. Moms seem to have a way of bonding just because they are moms. I've made severa...
- Some great advice here! My 2 best friends with children moved away about a year after I had my first child. I was so lonely I actually STARTED my own mom's group in ...
- I think many of us moms feel this way once we become moms, marry and friends move away. I know I do. My closest friend and companion is my husband. As for women, my mo...
Friends
Asked by T.C. from Dallas
on September 26, 2006
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We moved to Arlington about 2 months ago now (my husband is a marine) and though I like it here much better then where we just came from (a very small town in north ca...
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- I am a 26 year old that has lived in the dallas/fort worth area since 1998 and still have not met many friends....All the ones I know are from back home which are limi...
- Hi Theresa! I know how you feel! I am not quite in arlington but I am just off of I/20. I have four girls 12,11,10 and 6. They go to arlington schools. I work mostly i...
- Hi T., I am a 31 year old single working mom (also in Arlington) however, I am always up for meeting new people and making new friends! I am available one night of...
Making Friends
Asked by M.G. from Kansas City
on May 17, 2010
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Hello, I have an 11 year old son who has difficulty making freinds. He just seems at a loss for what to do sometimes, how to be a part of the group. Now I will menti...
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- One on one time is the answer. Ask a child on a play date, go to the park, a movie, bowling, mini golf anything they might enjoy. It will be an opportunity for you t...
- We have a great book, that I found when our daughter was in about 5th grade.. It is called "How Rude! The teenagers Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and not Gro...
- My son is 13. I can truly say that he does not have a "best friend". He has lots of friends he hangs with, a couple he does sleepovers with. he hangs with friends i...
