pls help my daughter make new friends

[viton]

Parents out there, please help me. My daughter, who is in Grade 2 is having some difficulty making new friends in school:( She's a wonderful child (of coursed biased ang mom) ! I mean she's not a bully or mean or suplada or anything. She has some classmates she considers good friends and sometimes they spend recess or lunch together. But when these good friends are with other kids or doing something, she ends up eating alone during recess and lunch :( I ask her if she's okay with eating alone - after all there's nothing wrong with that. She says sometimes she's okay because she likes her privacy. But I also tell her that having friends is fun. Please, if you have any tips on making friends, we both would appreciate it a lot if you could share them with me:p. Thanks a lot in advance :) :( :(

[BuDwEiSeR#8]

:imu: Join mo sya sa mga Kiddie Club,para ma-build din yung confidence nya,tapos sabihin mo rin sa kanya na kapag recess tumabi sya sa mga classmate nya,kahit na me katabing iba,then explain mo na rin kung bakit ganon talaga,na minsan hindi sa kanya sumasabay yung "friend" nya.
or kaya naman,minsan kahit nasa bahay na sya and she's done w/ all her homework,offer to call her friend ,so they can talk on the phone.:)

[viton]

Thanks for your help BUD!!!!!! Will try your advice. Sounds good:)

[emilie]

Maybe she's just naturally shy and there's nothing wrong with that. You can try setting up play groups with her cousins so she gets used to being with kids and socializing with them. Then get her to meet with kids of your friends. You can also bring her to a park close to your house where you can help her meet new friends (try starting conversation with kids there and include your daughter). Also, ask questions about her classmates so you can build her interest in people. My daughter is in grade one, she's a cheerful and friendly girl - maybe they can be friends!

[Fairy_nd_meadow]

Same din pala sya ng anak ko, kasi yung anak ko din ay super shy. Pero nung nasa Pre-school hanggang Grade 3, she has one or two close friends na parati nyang kasama.

As time goes by naman dumadami na rin ang friends nya. What I do, aside from letting her join clubs and other extra-curricular activities (so she can meet a lot of kids her age), is I talk to her every night about her friends and her problems with them. She tells me everything (I hope that's everything) about how her friends treat her, what she did, etc. and I offer some advice. Sa ngayon I find her average naman when it comes to sociability. I'm glad din kasi she enjoys her circle of friends here.

Talk to her about her difficulties (if ever), who she likes to be with as a friend, what she needs to do and how she will react when she's being bullied or even rejected. :)

[f0r5aK3n]

does the school where she goes have after-school programs? activities? These would help greatly. Put her to a social environment where you think she might be interested in. I think those help tremendously.

[jisc]

I have an opposite problem with you guys, well my parents actually, yung brother ko kasi eh nasa high school, at kabarkada nya eh mga repeater, at bad influence, tinuturuan ang kapatid kong uminon at manigarilyo, eh di ba ang barkada is barkada, mahirap hiwalayan yan, either dalhin mo sila o ikaw ang dadalhin nila.

pano nga ba natin gagabayan ang mga bata sa pagpili ng kaibigan?

[frenchkisser]

Hi Viton! It's just normal for your child to sometimes eat without her friends. Maybe she's an introvert by nature and can obtain energy by interacting with few people.

You might want to try enrolling her in classes which can develop her skills para naman pwede pa niyang iexpress ang sarili niya in some other ways. :)

[toni_16]

im not yet a parent college student plang


you know ma'am! im just like that nung grade school ako but i never think of it, bata pa po ako i believe na lalaki po akong ganun until highschool,minsan kse kapag bata ka may sarili kang mundo then as you grow up and see the real world gabe ang saya...

and dami pong lumalapit na friends,mahirap po kse na ikaw yung lalapit or hahanap mas magandang sila ang kumilala syo..

and in that way nagustuhan po ako ng maraming tao, ang batang hindi kinakausap noon ng iba ay lapitin na bata na

yun... yun ang ikinasisiya ng parents ko sken..

yaan nyo lang po cia,what she wants...

[toni_16]

im very happy knowing na may parents na ganyan...

kaya po yan ng daughter nyo...mas magandang ikaw yung gusto ng taong maging kaibigan,hindi po sila hinahanap minsan kse ikaw pyung masasaktan sa sobrang gusto mong maraming kaibigan...

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Originally posted by viton
Parents out there, please help me. My daughter, who is in Grade 2 is having some difficulty making new friends in school:( She's a wonderful child (of coursed biased ang mom) ! I mean she's not a bully or mean or suplada or anything. She has some classmates she considers good friends and sometimes they spend recess or lunch together. But when these good friends are with other kids or doing something, she ends up eating alone during recess and lunch :( I ask her if she's okay with eating alone - after all there's nothing wrong with that. She says sometimes she's okay because she likes her privacy. But I also tell her that having friends is fun. Please, if you have any tips on making friends, we both would appreciate it a lot if you could share them with me:p. Thanks a lot in advance :) :( :(

Hmmm... I remember one of my classmates before didn't have any friends because she smelled like a goat.