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Big Brother is hosting his first sleepover tonight. My cousin's daughter K is here overnight. It's her first sleepover, too. She's 5, and he just turned 4.
They're both extremely timid kids, and have a hard time with other kids, so my cousin and I thought they'd do well together. Usually, when Big Brother is playing with another child, he is easily bossed around. He tends to be a pushover, letting the other child make all the choices and lead all the play. And K is the same way. But when they're playing alone together (after a good long "warm-up" period), they really interact well. Without more dominant personalities to subdue them, they seem to lose the inhibitions that they carry around in other peer groups and have a great time together, participating equally in the play. I'm glad to be able to give Big Brother the opportunity to play with someone (other than Little Brother) without feeling timid and scared. He's been complaining about feeling sick in his tummy a lot before and after playgroups, and I don't want this social anxiety to get worse and follow him around. He needs some good, fun, nonthreatening social experiences.
And my cousin wants to see K have some fun social experiences away from her sister, who she tends to use as a crutch. We're going to try to get them together more often. I'm really happy about how this is going so far.
They're both extremely timid kids, and have a hard time with other kids, so my cousin and I thought they'd do well together. Usually, when Big Brother is playing with another child, he is easily bossed around. He tends to be a pushover, letting the other child make all the choices and lead all the play. And K is the same way. But when they're playing alone together (after a good long "warm-up" period), they really interact well. Without more dominant personalities to subdue them, they seem to lose the inhibitions that they carry around in other peer groups and have a great time together, participating equally in the play. I'm glad to be able to give Big Brother the opportunity to play with someone (other than Little Brother) without feeling timid and scared. He's been complaining about feeling sick in his tummy a lot before and after playgroups, and I don't want this social anxiety to get worse and follow him around. He needs some good, fun, nonthreatening social experiences.
And my cousin wants to see K have some fun social experiences away from her sister, who she tends to use as a crutch. We're going to try to get them together more often. I'm really happy about how this is going so far.