• Developmental psychologists have found that 15% of children have no friends at all.
   
  
• Studies show that the self esteem of boys and girls is higher when their dads play with them regularly.
   
• Playdates at home are most desirable as they provide sense of comfort, security and sense of close relationship.
   
• Children who do not have a best friend outside the family grew up to be lonely young adults.
   
• Some parents initially think that playdates are unnecessary because their children interact with others at school and play with family members and cousins. As a result, they exclude playdates from their children's schedule. However, these parents later regret this decision as they come to recognize that an essential part of their child's learning comes from the art of initiating and building close friendships, which is an integral component of playdates. Your child needs a best friend outside the family.
   
• Many moms spend as much as 20 hours a month volunteering but still find that their child has no friends. Why? They never gave their child the opportunity to bond one-on-one with another child.

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