Hi all, wondering if anyone has any advice. My daughter just turned 5 and CAN be really shy. In her element she’s very social and confident like at home or with people she knows well or at school in her classroom. But she’s very uncomfortable with people she doesn’t know and struggles even when she wants to play and she really lovessss to play with other kids. For example, today we were walking and saw some neighbors out that we sort of know - they play outside often but she’s only played with them a few times and it’s been a long time. The oldest is a little older than her and was playing football with his dad and a friend. She often in these situations will come and tell me that she wants them to play with her. I try to tell her to go ask if she can play or jump in there (when if feels appropriate) but she will not she just wants me to do it all for her. I think that’s fairly normal but I don’t love doing that every time especially when I can see it’s an older kid in an fast paced game that they’d have to slow down for her so sometimes I tell her no but it just makes her so sad and she doesn’t understand why I won’t make them play with her. So in this circumstance she wanted to play so badly and they overheard and said they can toss the ball to her but they did it once and then waited and they kept going with their fast paced game and she won’t go up to them she wants me to stop them and make them play with her. She came up to me chin trembling so sad that they wouldn’t play with her but she is too shy to go get in there so I just feel stuck sometimes. I explained it was time to go in anyways and they were already playing a game and sometimes it’s hard to stop and add another person but she just was so sad. Anyone have advice for me to either help her get out of her shell in those moments or help her understand and not be so sad?