Rejection
Jaimie on Jun 26th 2008
CJ’s friend down the street, M, doesn’t want to play with CJ any more it seems. At least, not for the past few days. I’m not sure if something happened between the two boys that CJ hasn’t told us (or doesn’t exactly understand) or if M is just being a four year old, but the past few times CJ’s come to see if he could play M’s told him he was busy and didn’t want to.
I feel kind of sad. I’m trying not to, but I’m afraid CJ’s been too clingy and aggressive about hanging around M all the time and has irritated him. He doesn’t seem to be the most socially adept of children, at least not yet. I don’t want to see CJ hurt, and I’m afraid he may be. Because he doesn’t seem to understand that M doesn’t want to play with him, and keeps asking to go see M, even when 5 minutes before M has told him he doesn’t want to play.
Ironically, I had gone down there today to invite M and his brother for cake and ice cream this weekend for CJ’s birthday. But I think I may nix that plan.
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Poor CJ! It’s so hard to be a kid!
My son is still a toddler, but I used to teach and one thing I saw, particularly with boys, is that these things tend to pass. I would guess that in another couple of days M will be over asking to play with CJ. I hope that’s what happens!
And in the meantime, poor you, too — it must be hard for you to see CJ unhappy about this…