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avatar Anonymous

How do I encourage my daughter to play with "nice" kids?

My 5-year-old daughter seems to have a strong preference for playing with nasty, catty, disrespectful kids. The less lively but more polite kids--who like my daughter and want to be her friends--are not attractive friends as far as she's concerned.

Question applies to ages: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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avatarCary
# of Thumbs Up Received (2)		 I have always explained to my children, when they were young and growing up, that you should be nice to everyone. If they are mean or nasty to other kids, stay away, because for every action that you or they do, there is a reaction. And if you think you will not like the reaction, don't do it. You are responsible for your actions, not someone else.

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avatarRebecca
# of Thumbs Up Received (14)		 You shouldn't really tell your daughter who to be friends with, but you can give a gentle push by helping her get to know the other kids. Arrange playdates at your house (so your daughter doesn't have to go somewhere unwillingly) with one "nice" girl at a time. Find out if there's an activity like Brownies that the "nice" girls all belong to, and involve your daughter as well. Whenever she does happen to be playing with the "naughty" girls, be a fly on the wall to see how your daughter interacts with them. Does her personality change? Or are the girls mean to her? You do need to help her through the idea that friends are supposed to be nice to each other, and anything else is not appropriate.
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