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I completely agree with Marg. I have had this same issue with easy child. He didn't have a meltdown when a friend left but he got upset with them and wouldn't want to play with them anymore. He went through friends very quickly. I did just as Marg suggested. I stayed within earshot of easy child and his friend. When it sounded like friend was getting bored, I would walk in nonchalantly and ask BOTH of them if they wanted a snack or I suggested easy child "show" his friend something (something easy child had made, something new, etc) to change the subject. I also talked to easy child about how we need to do what the friend wants to do sometimes because it's no fun doing what he wants to do all the time. I even went so far as to act like easy child once. I asked him to play a game with me and when he got tired of playing it, I got "upset" with him (although I went overboard just to make my point). It worked like a charm after a while. Good Luck.

<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 384982"><p>I completely agree with Marg. I have had this same issue with easy child. He didn't have a meltdown when a friend left but he got upset with them and wouldn't want to play with them anymore. He went through friends very quickly. I did just as Marg suggested. I stayed within earshot of easy child and his friend. When it sounded like friend was getting bored, I would walk in nonchalantly and ask BOTH of them if they wanted a snack or I suggested easy child &quot;show&quot; his friend something (something easy child had made, something new, etc) to change the subject. I also talked to easy child about how we need to do what the friend wants to do sometimes because it's no fun doing what he wants to do all the time. I even went so far as to act like easy child once. I asked him to play a game with me and when he got tired of playing it, I got &quot;upset&quot; with him (although I went overboard just to make my point). It worked like a charm after a while.&nbsp; Good Luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 384982"] I completely agree with Marg. I have had this same issue with easy child. He didn't have a meltdown when a friend left but he got upset with them and wouldn't want to play with them anymore. He went through friends very quickly. I did just as Marg suggested. I stayed within earshot of easy child and his friend. When it sounded like friend was getting bored, I would walk in nonchalantly and ask BOTH of them if they wanted a snack or I suggested easy child "show" his friend something (something easy child had made, something new, etc) to change the subject. I also talked to easy child about how we need to do what the friend wants to do sometimes because it's no fun doing what he wants to do all the time. I even went so far as to act like easy child once. I asked him to play a game with me and when he got tired of playing it, I got "upset" with him (although I went overboard just to make my point). It worked like a charm after a while. Good Luck. [/QUOTE]

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