My son is 3.5. We are on the unschooling spectrum. We're not doing preschool, but his male playmates have pretty much all entered preschool and aren't really available to play. Most of the unschoolers (or even homeschoolers) I know play with weapon toys and we do not do that, so those playdates don't happen. There are a couple girls we know of that I will try and make dates with, I just don't know if they want to play as wild as he does.
For quite awhile almost everyone I know has wanted activity playdates..zoo, botanical gardens, etc. so it's been a long time since we've been at our house (or anyone else's) to just play. Today a schooled friend came over. My son was atrocious. We forgot to put away toys not to be shared, so everything the kid wanted to play with my son wanted. He's also controlling...boss, boss, boss. Although leadership potential is a much nicer way to say it, he's still bossy. Once the rough play started, then he was fine.
He needs playmates, but they've all gone away. Like I said, the big stumbling block to getting in with some of the kids I do know is I don't want him playing with weapon toys. I'm considering seeing if one of the good preschools has any slots just so he can learn how to play with other kids.
My stress is exacerbated by the fact that he is very aggressive to his 13 month old sister. We've gotten a referral to someone who may be able to help, but we'll see if that works since there's a waiting list.
Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks
For quite awhile almost everyone I know has wanted activity playdates..zoo, botanical gardens, etc. so it's been a long time since we've been at our house (or anyone else's) to just play. Today a schooled friend came over. My son was atrocious. We forgot to put away toys not to be shared, so everything the kid wanted to play with my son wanted. He's also controlling...boss, boss, boss. Although leadership potential is a much nicer way to say it, he's still bossy. Once the rough play started, then he was fine.
He needs playmates, but they've all gone away. Like I said, the big stumbling block to getting in with some of the kids I do know is I don't want him playing with weapon toys. I'm considering seeing if one of the good preschools has any slots just so he can learn how to play with other kids.
My stress is exacerbated by the fact that he is very aggressive to his 13 month old sister. We've gotten a referral to someone who may be able to help, but we'll see if that works since there's a waiting list.
Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks