Ways To Know Your Kid's Friends Well

Your kid's friends are one of the most important influences in his/her life. You can guide your kids in the right direction at home. You expect your children to be directed on the right path at school. But when it comes to their friends, you don't have any control on what your kids are learning. Kids are impressionable and they learn a lot from their same age groups.

That is why it is important for you to know who your kid's friends are. Only when you know them, you can exercise some control over the kind of influence your kids come under. It is not easy to get to know your kids' friends. For them, you are an adult and they don't open up to adults easily. But for parenting your kids, it is important to know your kid's friends.

Here some ways in which you can get a clear idea of who your kid's friends are.

Kid's Friend's

Call Them For A Group Studying

School children often like to study in groups. Parents usually discourage group study because it ends up being more chatter and less of studying. But for parenting your kids properly, you must encourage group study sometimes. It will tell you how intelligent and studious your kid's friends are.

Organise A Kids Sleepover

Sometimes, having a little fun can loosen up the strict propriety with which your children's friends behave with you. You can organise a kids sleepover or pyjama party at your place to get friendly with the kids gang.

Meet Their Moms

It is important for you to be friendly with the mothers of your kid's classmates and playmates. This will help you know better about the family background of these kids. You can also share notes about parenting kids with the other moms.

Be An Active Parent At School

You must attend Parents-Teacher meetings and other school activities regularly. This is where you get to meets your kid's friends and their parents too.

Take The Kids For An Outing

You can volunteer to take your kid and his/her friends for a day out to the zoo, museum or amusement park. It might be tough to handle a bunch of excited kids on your own. So, try inviting the one or two other parents for an outing.

These are some simple ways to know with whom your kid is interacting. Do you know all your kid's friends?

Story first published: Monday, May 13, 2013, 18:49 [IST]
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