This is light hearted but HOW do u not take it personally when a kid stops playing with your kid all of a sudden at a playground 😭😭my heart ahh

Mind you he kept looking in her direction afterwards looking all sad and wanting to play and gawsh i almost cried

This isn’t light hearted at all!! 😭

Gosh the heartbreak I felt when I took a 4yo I was babysitting to the playground and he approached a group of boys maybe 5,6,7 and asked to play and they straight up told him absolutely not and he kept asking me why they were so mean like 💔💔💔💔 I wanted to have a strong word with the dad that was with them but it’s no use befriending meanies anyway

I once took my toddlers to the park and my 3 yr old went from group to group of girls looking for someone to play with her. Eventually she slowly walked back to me, sat down and started to cry saying “no one wants to play with me”…. Broke me!! I told her I was so sorry and then encouraged her to keep trying. She found her group after that, thank goodness!!

My 3(almost 4yo) had the same thing happen with 2 boys her where probably 5. I consoled her and played with her. I would’ve stepped in if I was the other kids parents but I’m not, so I did what I could do to help my LO feel better.

@Samantha-Jo omg my heart 😭😭i had to gently take my son away because he kept following the girl and her friends around and they were just ignoring him 😭 i liked it better when he had no understanding of friendship or playing with other kids 😭 im so scared to send my kid to nursery Becsuse i know ill be sat at home wondering if anyones befriended him or played with him 😭he starts nursery in September

We teach the kids at the daycare I work at to play with everyone. It never hurts to be nice or involve everyone.

@Maddy thats so sad 😭

I had that same worry! I would check in with her teachers to see what they say and sometimes would sneak in quietly to see how she was interacting with others. She has a ton of friends thankfully! They find their people don’t worry!!

Gosh it happens! My 3 year old has always been a social spirit, and some kids are just not the same. And I think it’s important to learn that you can’t force someone to play with you but it would be nice! And then to find something else to do or play with someone else ❤️ I don’t think they are intentionally being mean they may be uncomfortable with other kids or just engrossed in their current game, and sometimes older kids just don’t want to play with younger ones, it’s heartbreaking to watch but I don’t think it’s bad ❤️

Saying that I do intervene if my daughter is ignoring another child ❤️