Any other parents out there?

[lilmutegirl]

I have a 4-yr-old son in preschool. I have come to realize that my difficulty socializing is probably affecting his social life, as I do not talk to any of the other parents at his preschool. We hang out with my friends and their kids, with whom my son is friends, but none of them are his age.
Are any of you parents? If so, how do you go about arranging social activities for your kids? We went to one birthday party over the summer for someone in his class (the only party we were invited to).
I am considering sending out mass invites to events (not really parties, per se, but just get-togethers) so that nobody feels pressure to go, but feels included if they want to. However, when I invite people to anything (including structured parties) hardly anyone shows up, and I feel very disappointed. I don't want my son to feel the same way.

 

[Agent_Violet]

hi there My little boy is 9...he struggles with peer relationships daily.
he gets invited to things and I usually take him to everything he's invited to bc i want him to have the chance to branch out further from his comfort zone.

his dad and I don't live together and his father is really very social so I push my son to spend a lot of time with his father. I know that if I just can't socialize the child enough, his dad certainly will.

My suggestion would be to use the preschool as your activity resource...they probably post things for activities in the community you can attend with your son. Another great resource for community interaction is the public library. they've ALWAYS got something going on and fliers for different age group activities.

good luck

 

[Dead_on_Arrival]

My daughter is nine. I take her swimming every sunday and to karate each wednesday and saturday. It is awkward for me but I grin and bare it for her sake. I also have a 21 year old (step) son. He has cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes. He was harder to bring up. I took him on as my own when he was 10.
I have done the largest majority of the social events with them due to my wife also being SA and having panick attacks and 20 years of depression.

 

[jamie99]

I have my son every weekend, he is also 9. We basically just go fishing because it's easy and that's only when i feel up to it. I'm going to start some counselling soon, So I'm optimistic i can change the way i think.