Hey all. Please forgive my formatting as I'm on mobile. My son has just started kindergarten and doesn't seem to be making friends. He's different than a lot of boys his age in that he doesn't like to play rough and has always enjoyed to moreso not play with large groups of kids. Just other more quiet kids. He's very bright and happy most times. With school starting he's been lying to us, saying he's been playing with certain kids at lunch and we find out from his older brother (and himself later on when he tells the truth) he was just playing on his own. He told me today he lies about it to "make us happy." My assumption is he has heard my wife and I express that we hope he makes friends and enjoys school and has taken it to heart. Full disclosure, I'm a very anxious person by nature and I feel it's rubbing off on him. Needless to say this broke my heart. Does anyone else have a similar experience? Any other anxious (more than normal) parents have experience unintentionally having your anxiousneess manifest in your child this way? And should I stop worrying as it's only the first week of school? Im just in a state of worrying about my sensitive little dude. Thanks in advance for this mostly non-judgemental forum, parenting can be very challenging and it's nice to be able to seek support and not feel like some sort of failure in today's very intense parenting culture. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2xo1HzE
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