i moved to ireland but my daughter has no friends?

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Q. Hi There, i moved to Monaghan in Ireland at the beginning of the year with my daughter and partner. My partner originally from here and my daughter and i are from Scotland. She is in Class 3 at school and is gettin on great there. She has many friends to play with at school, however after school is a different matter!!!! It is beautiful weather here just now and since she got in from school i have been trying to get her to go out to play, but she burst out crying saying she had no-one to play with. I told her to call on 2 friends that live at top of our street but she wouldnt go, i offered to go with her but still she refused, she finally calmed down after dinner and went to the park across the road from our house and was playing with a small child about 2 years old. I feel for her so much, she is really shy and just doesnt have the confidence to approach children to make friends. she is having a party next week for her birthday, and i have no idea who is coming as none of the parents have contacted me to inform me, not that long ago i wrote a few notes for my daughter to give to her friends, to give to their parents, just saying my daughter was new to the area and as my daughter and their daughter were friends at school could we arrange for them to play after school one day, not one of the parents contacted me. i know my daughter handed the notes to her friends as one of the parents passed by me the other day and apologised for not calling, but she had been really busy, even so i have still not heard from her. i was going to send her to irish dancing but she doesnt want to go as she doesnt know anybody, i told her thats how she will make friends but she wont budge. we didnt have this problem in scotland as she grew up in a small village and all the kids were really good friends. Im just worried that after 6 months she still has no-one. With parents not contacting me after ive written to them, im not sure what else i can do, but im worried about my daughter especially as the summer holidays start next week!!!! Any ideas??

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That is so sad. And I find it incredibly rude of all the parents to have not responded to your party invitation.

Can you get your daughter involved in activities over the summer? Swimming lessons, sports activities, visit different playgrounds in the area.

I have a 9 year old daughter myself and I can only imagine the pain that you're feeling for her.

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I don't think you've left it too late, it doesn't take that long to plan something like this, weddings have been planned faster. First, recruit some people to help you plan. This could be your Mom, or some of your best friends. Find a venue. You could have it anywhere, it depends on your price range. A hall is probably your best bet, like in a hotel. Find a small, cheap hotel. Most of these places will provide catering, the best thing would probably request 'finger food', where they will just put plates of things like fries and chicken on the tables for people to eat, at least that's how it is in Ireland. Or you could do a buffet style. If you rent like a church or community hall, you'll have to organise your own catering. So you could recruit a bunch of family to cook, or hire someone.

Buy a bunch of decorations, you could get them online. Have your friends or Mom decorate for you, as your not really supposed to do the decorating for your own party yourself. Get a DJ. Ask around and see if anyone has any good recommendations. If not, try and google some Djs in your area, and ring as many as you can for quotes. You can make your own invitations online and send them out, or you could just send a text invitation or make an event on Facebook, since nearly everyone is on facebook these days.

I think you could do it for around $200-$300. It all depends on who you know and can get discounts from, and how many people are willing to help you out. It would only take a couple weeks of planning.

Have a good birthday!

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