My toddler gets left out of all the neighborhood fun. Why?
This is my first question/posting on this site.
So, today (and a couple other times in the last few months) I came home in tears because the neighbor kids were being rude to my son and not including him in their fun. My son is almost three, and the other kids on our block range from 2-9 yrs old. There are about 10 kids on the block. My son is very sweet, cute, funny, and he has great manners. I'm not just saying this because I'm his mom. Everywhere we go people mention what a great kid he is. And at school he has lots of friends and the teachers love him. But on our street the kids are very unfriendly. They'll say "can you get him out of here" and they'll tell him he can't play. The worst thing is, the other parents do nothing to stop there children from being rude and hurtful. I would never let me son treat another kid that way. When the other children migrate into our yard I (and my son) are always welcoming and friendly. The parents aren't very friendly towards my husband and I either. All the other neighbors with kids are constantly getting together for barbecues and birthday parties and we are never invited. I don't know why! We're normal, friendly, happy people with a lot to offer. It sounds weird, but I think the reason we're not included is because we are the only renters on the block, and because we don't make as much money. We've been here for three years, and I was hoping to buy our rental house and stay in this neighborhood, but I'm not sure if we should because the kids and their arents are so snobby. What should I do?