It is Not Easy Making Friends

Lately, I have been trying to observe how Kyla interacts with her classmates. She has always been one of the earlier attendees and she would also look out of the door to see if her preferred playmates (K and E) have arrived so that she could play with them. However, most of the time, her preferred classmates tend to feel differently about her playing with them.

Kyla would always greet them enthusiastically but somehow, they could be rather 'cold' towards her. If K and E were both in class, they would tend to stick together and ignore Kyla. Like today, they would say to each other, "here she comes again" in a rather displeased tone, which disturbed me quite abit. I wonder if Kyla heard them. If she would, I think she would be hurt. (Maybe, that explained why she kept asking me to bake things for her classmates to gain attention and acceptance). But if either one of them is missing, they would play with Kyla. Kyla is like a replacement friend, which I do not feel good about it. However, even if no one plays with her, she can be also happy playing by herself (which happens most of the time). She did tell me that most of the time when she tried to play with the rest, they do not want to let her join in their circle and she would end up playing by herself. I do not feel good hearing that thou. She is like an outcast. I guess it would take some time for her to develop a good relationship with her 'angmoh' friends. Having no close friends does not dampen her mood in going to school. She still enjoys going to school everyday. I am heartened to have such a a very happy and optimistic girl. :-)