My daughter is almost 6 and attends public kindergarten. She has always been a very affectionate and outgoing child but I am a bit concerned about her social interactions.
I sub at her school so I am sometimes out at the playground at the same time as her class. I’ve noticed that she typically plays alone at recess or wanders around the playground. She is a very outgoing child and loves to play with other kids at our local park so I’m not sure why she plays alone at school.
When we go to birthday parties for her classmates I’ve noticed she is overly affectionate-trying to give big hugs, hold hands, try to play with them- and she does not seem to understand the social cues and body language when the kids are not wanting physical touch. They will become stiff and try to pull away and my daughter is oblivious and happy as can be trying to give them a big hug. I always stop the interaction when I see it and have talked to her about consent since she was 18 months old but this has always been an issue.
She loves everyone so much and it breaks my heart when the other kids don’t reciprocate and seem to leave her out. She does very well at school and her teachers always say she is the perfect student but at home she has started having massive meltdowns with kicking, screaming, throwing herself on the ground, etc.. She is such a sweet kid and this is not her normal personality. Does this sound like anyone else’s child? What did you do that helped?