kids having friends

I agree with awesomeguy. I didn't have many friends as a child and I do fine around other person. Personally I rather spend all day with kids then other adults my age but when I"m out with other adults I'm every social do well being around them. Kids don't need a lot of friends and as much as friends are important socially if a kid doesn't want friends it doesn't mean in the future they will be immature or not social as an adult. Every body's personally is different and different people around you your not always going to want to be friends with or going to be nice around. It is true that children learn certain things better from other child but its not a 100% needed in a kids life. Some children do better with just there own siblings then other people. If you have siblings some times they are the only friends you need and back in the day when there was miles between house and families your brothers and sister were your friends.

That is true ShyBear but in the case of children, siblings and friends I would consider my siblings to be my friends.

I don't see anything wrong with someone having just a few friends. They still have a couple of friends, so they are not entirley lonley and they still learn to socialize and get along with other people. I'd rather have a few good friends, then just a bunch of normal friends. I usually consider people I don't know all that well to be aquaentiences, which is fine.

Oh thank goodness. I've been meaning to reply to this discussion since two days back, but I've been running into an error for the past two days. Thankfully, I think it's been resolved. Anyway, thanks for sharing that tip with me. I've been worried for quite a while now because of my 3y/o's behavior and I thought it must have been from what she sees around her. The only kid she's been playing with before we moved houses was her brat of a cousin, and her cousin doesn't like sharing her toys. They always fight when my daughter sees something she likes to play with. And when her cousin's not in the mood, she's always being mean to my daughter. When my daughter goes over there to play, she always comes home crying because the inlaws got mad at them for fighting with each other. After a while, I think my daughter has learned that if her cousin is being bratty, all she needed to do was hit her cousin and start her off. I've stopped letting her stay at her cousin's house for too long to play so that there wouldn't be too many fights. I'm afraid my daughter might have picked that attitude up playing with her cousin.

Kids will fight at any age siblings or cousin they do to. Its normal behavior for kids to fight or not get alone or rough house a little bit. Sharing is something we have to each our kid or there teachers if they are in daycare. Some kids will get alone with others and share every easily based on there personalities. If there is a behavior you don't like and you want her to stop with it then when she does you need to do the same kind of disabline to show you don't like it with small kids they will do it alot till they get that you don't like it.

Kids will do that that is why its important to socialize them so when they do things like that you can correct them about we don't hurt other people. You don't always get what you want. If your not allowed to hit mommy and daddy the same thing applies to other people. With your daughter being three that behavior isn't to odd at all, that is pretty normal especially to children that are only children. If a kid hits your child then you tell that kids parent and let them deal with it and yes its okay to get mad at your own kid for hitting a kid back its not right just because someone hits you that doesn't mean you hit them back. Little kids her age and a few older will do that before they are 7 years old and the start of kindergartener. My daughter is 15 months if she doesn't get her way she throw things and we have been teaching her don't through things. Now the new challenge will be her around her smaller sibling at the end of summer. We address right there on the spot what ever behavior we don't like. Like throwing food when you don't want to eat it so my daughter knows she gets in trouble for that. Touching movies will get you into trouble now she doesn't touch the movies. The same with tv because it could fall and hurt her. My daughter learned the hard way about biting she bit me one day on the leg but as soon as she did it I bit her right back and ever since then she hasn't even tried biting anyone.

Kid's will learn those bad things weather they have friends or not. I think its need but not a 100% because some children do better with out friends. It does really help with socializing because just getting your kids into outside activities does that it's self friends aren't required for that. Children do learn in general from other kids there age when they are not at home. This is why teachers enforce kids working together at younger ages because some times its easier for kids to understand what is going on from other kids there ages.

Very true us parents won't always be around for ever or even when certain things happen and some kids friends will look after each other like family.

Kids need a bit of both kind of friends. That is how kids learn to make good and bad choice. Kids need to make mistakes to learn and grow. I had friends good and bad my parents never said a thing about it and some times I didn't have any friends. I also was every good at finding the right people for me even at a young age.

Kids will have all kind of friends you might find there friends to be annoying and not good for your child but that doesn't mean they are actually misguiding your child. My brothers and I had all kind of friends and regarudless of who they where or what they did we never did the same things as our friends good or bad. Those are choices that each kid makes themselves its not just the friends that make them or push them to do things. A child needs to learn by there mistakes and that even means making the wrong friends.

NO not all kids need friends. Weather a person has friends or not the world is still going to work the same way. Not all relationships start out as friends. No plenty of people that where not friends with there husbands or wife just started dating each other. Kids are important part of life to a certain degree. They are good for teaching things to each other yes playing is part of socializing and learning how to work and get along with others.

Yes child do developed a lot quicker around children there own age in school with the same things as them. Children now how to talk to other children in a way that some times we just can't. They don't really have to be friends but in general kids around other kids helps with learning and socializing a little bit. Teachers are not taught to let children part take in teaching skills like helping each other out learning new things like counting, or reading. Things like that and it teachers about sharing and helping others out when needed as well.

That is very important for kid to learn how to be around other people besides the people in there home. Its great for only children that might not have brothers or sister at home. Interaction is one major factor for kids growing up.

You are correct bjc66bjc. Child do learn a lot from friends especially in school they might not understand how the brain works but they do know how to break things down for people there own age that some times a teach just can't do or a parent that just can't do. Children learn socially around there friends and certain behaviors. Some kids are anti social and don't really like other people that is just there personality but still kids having friends is every important part of life.

to build self esteem a child doesn't need friends. Social yes it a good thing to have a friend or two but not a 100%. But over all having friends is good for a child as they get bigger because only other kids understand kids some times.