Re: socialization in unfamiliar groups?

[Guest guest]

My 5 1/2 year old twin girls are still the same way. They won't let

me leave them in unfamiliar settings. They won't go to Sunday

School. They don't know the kids well enough, and it just doesn't

happen enough for them to get comfortable.

One of my daughters can get very aggressive when kids don't

understand her. I'm constantly watching her with kids she doesn't

know too well.

My daughters do great with the neighborhood kids and at preschool,

but I've always eased them into those situations.

I think it must be difficult for them.

Suzi

> My son is 3.6 yo with global dyspraxia. He has been in speech

> therapy for about a year and has made tremendous progress I

> understand about 90 percent of what he says and he talks in full

> sentences. Strangers understand some but not all of his speech.

He

> is very outgoing and loves playing with other kids and does well

in

> preschool.

>

> My problem comes in helping him in a group setting with unfamiliar

> kids. We just came back from a party where there were several

young

> boys around the age of 4. Most of them knew each other but my son

> didn't know them. They couldn't understand some of what he said

and

> the evening just deteriorated. Because he couldn't seem to get

them

> to play with him, my son just antagonized them by taking something

> they were playing with and they would chase him(one of his

favorite

> games is tag) When I would pull him aside (out of earshot) and

remind

> him it wasn't nice to take things without asking and then try to

ask

> the boys if he could play too, it just ended up in a tattling

> session. Eventually they just said " Go away! We dont like you. "

It

> seemed to roll of my son's back but I know it won't forever and it

> made me very sad.

>

> How can I help him with situations like this?

>

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