Is this normal for a 6-year-old child?

Question

My daughter is very social. She is the middle child with an older sister and a younger brother. She refuses to play alone, she has to have someone to play with all of the time. Her sister is four years older then her and her brother is three years younger. Her sister just doesn't play with toys anymore and her brother is really too young to play how she wants to play. Recently, she has started playing more with the children in the neighborhood. She cries when they have to go home and is constantly wanting sleep overs and cries when she is not allowed to. It has become a constant battle. She doesn't want to go anywhere with the family anymore because she would rather be with her friends. We took them on vacation to Disney a few weeks ago and she cried because she had to leave her friends behind. Is this just a phase or should I be concerned? I am happy that she has found friends to play with but I am concerned that she is too attached to her friends.

Answer 1

My 6 year old daughter came home on the last day of school so hysterical that I thought she got beat up. It turns out she was sad because school was out and she would miss her friends. She too is a middle child and her and my 9 y/o boy are attached by the hip. They both whine when one or the other doesn't want to play. I think it is just a phase.

Answer 2

I think it is normal, she is a middle child and some of it could be personality.

As far as your avatar pic I dont see what all the fuss is about, I think it is fine and you can clearly see that you have a top on your chest isn't visible at all.  How can anyone think you aren't wearing anything if you can't see b***s? idk

Answer 3

Hi,

your 6yr old daughter is in a phase. all most all girls go through that "friend" phase sometime in their lives. dont worry bout her. but, i have some advice 4 u. could u change ur avatar picture to wear u have a shirt on? its gross to look at your picture cause it almost shows something. hope i could help!

Answer 4

maybe you could wear a shirt?

Answer 5

Most 6 years are like that but nowhere near as far as your daughter is.

Answer 6

It sounds like she just doesn't know how to entertain herself. Maybe you could give her some projects that she can do alone and then give her lots of praise for it. Stuff like art project, crafts, story writing, things like that. Or maybe find some things that her sister is into that she can do too. My 10 yr old refuses to entertain herself. If she has no friends to play with she will not leave me alone until I play with her. If I am too busy she will throw a major fit. Finally I got her into knitting and playing the guitar. Now when she is alone and bored she picks up her guitar or gets out her knitting and entertains herself. It might be worth a try.

Answer 7

That's normal. Don't worry!

Answer 8

Its a phase.  She is used to having someone always around being the middle child.  And now that she is making friends she is finding that to be much more fun.  Maybe find things for her to dow ith her sibling they all like so she still knows it can be fun at home!

Answer 9

idk but thnx for the points

Answer 10

my youngest used to be like this,my neighbour who only had one child almost adopted her,because she always wanted to be playing at her place,yes they grow out of it,

Answer 11

this is not the answer you want but please please pay very close attention when she plays with older kids, I have seen this more than a time or two they teach young kids bad habits. they often will fill their heads with bologna and then next thing you know they wont even look at her again and they think its so funny. often the other kids will say tell your mom you want me to (spend the night for example)        and that's when she will at all cost try to get what that child asked.

Answer 12

yes i think its quite  normal. my daughter is 8 and she has 12 cousins on my side and shes always begging me to let them stay over or to stay over with them. she has one brother who is 6 they get along pretty well but when they play usally end up annoying each other lol. so i think she just longs to be able to be with her female cousins because she can relate to them. we are constanly on the go and im always trying to find fun things for them to do but she always wants a cousin to come along and yes it gets mighty annoying for the fact i feel i cant make her happy. kids are full of phases seems like a new one everyday. and it will pass. she just might just need some comanionship right now and allow her that when possible. but she also needs to respect the word no too. mix it up between allowing a friend to sleep over or her to stay somewhere for the night and telling her no not tonight. i think thats fair