tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222422384584652416.post2056205161619514061..comments2023-10-24T09:31:42.466+01:00Comments on At Home with Mrs M!: It takes a long time to grow an old friendMoihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00708902660307648104noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222422384584652416.post-41751777565425422282011-04-15T12:41:29.336+01:002011-04-15T12:41:29.336+01:00My son is almost 3 & has started coming home f...My son is almost 3 & has started coming home from playgroup with tales if 'my best fwiend, Jacob'. I think we're going to have to track down Jacob's mum over the holidays and invite him on a playdate! I want to encourage Sam to have good, lasting friendships from an early age and I don't see the harm in it. <br /><br />I known my best friend literally my whole life - our mums were friends in college. She was my first visitor when I was born (she is 5 weeks old) and she's the first name in my baby book in the Friends section. <br /><br />I really hope Sam can experience that. It's so special knowing someone for that long. Laughing over arguments when you were 7 and 'OMG do you remember that boy I snogged when I was 15'. <br /><br />For all of those reasons I wouldn't split them up. They aren't going to be exclusive best buds forever. They'll carry on making friends as they grow up. Like you said school is hard enough without being separated from your best friend. If they still interact with other children and have other friends outside school I can't see it being a big problem.Not such a yummy mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339560047876053963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222422384584652416.post-37542857817569972972011-04-15T00:49:45.874+01:002011-04-15T00:49:45.874+01:00My girl doesn't necessarily make friends easil...My girl doesn't necessarily make friends easily and her Teacher says it because she has 2 best friends out of school and doesn't 'need' anyone at school!!! I'm not sure that I agree but I honestly would never want her to be put in class with either of them if they attended the same school as she would do no work at all!!! I'm sure that your boy will make some lovely new friends xxEmmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16414546801391294610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222422384584652416.post-32243249646461787592011-04-13T11:20:59.134+01:002011-04-13T11:20:59.134+01:00My son is like your daughter - makes friends easil...My son is like your daughter - makes friends easily. However, he had one best friend with whom he had a love/hate relationship. They were for ever fighting between them, but when asked if he wanted a friend to come along on some jaunt, it was always that one he wanted. In the end, we were glad to move house (and school) and separate them for good. They rang each other a few times, but eventually have gone their separate ways. Now, at the age of 12, he has two or three good friends, but no one friend. I like it better that way!<br /><br />I wouldn't worry about the friend aspect when considering which school to send him to. Choose the best school for him, because you know he'll make friends wherever he is.Jenny Eatwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16664664803454422811noreply@blogger.com