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Why Will No One Play with Me?: The Play Better Plan to Help Children of All Ages Make Friends and Thrive

by Caroline Maguire

A practical framework for helping children build social connections

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Best Book Award Winner — Parenting & Family

    Best Book Award, Parenting & Family category

  • Editorial selection

    Named One of BookAuthority’s 100 Best ADHD Books of All Time

    Named one of the 100 Best ADHD Books of All Time

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A practical framework for helping children build social connections

Caroline Maguire’s Play Better Plan gives parents a structured way to coach children through friendship and social challenges. The guide addresses difficulties ranging from shyness to aggression and ADHD, connecting social skills with executive functioning. Its tools include noticing social cues, reflecting on what makes a friendship work, and listening attentively. The book frames these skills as learnable, with the aim of helping children connect with peers and get along with others. It is organized as a parent-facing program for children of different ages, rather than a discussion of one particular social difficulty.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Parents seeking practical guidance on children’s friendships and social skills.
  • Caregivers interested in strategies addressing social challenges alongside executive functioning.
  • Families looking for tools applicable to children of different ages.

Themes

Children’s friendships and peer relationshipsSocial cues and communicationExecutive functioningParent coaching

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Book overview

A groundbreaking book that has helped thousands of children struggling with social skills to make friends, find acceptance, and have a happy childhood, from a renowned parent expert.

Every parent wants their child to be okay--to have friends, to be successful, to feel comfortable in his or her own skin. But many children lack important social and executive functioning skills that allow them to navigate through the world with ease.

In-demand parenting expert and former Hallowell Center coach Caroline Maguire has worked with thousands of families dealing with chronic social dilemmas, ranging from shyness to aggression to ADHD, and more. In Why Will No One Play With Me? she shares her decade-in-the-making protocol--The Play Better Plan--to help parents coach children of any background to connect with others and make friends.

Children of all ages will gain the confidence to make friends and get along with others, using tools such as:
  • Social Sleuthing: learn to pay attention to social cues
  • Post-Play Date Huddles: help kids figure out what to look for in a friendship
  • Reflective Listening: improve your child's relationship with their peers

With compassion and ease, this program gives parents a tangible, easy-to-follow guide for helping kids develop the executive function and social skills they need to thrive.

BEST BOOK AWARD WINNER, PARENTING & FAMILY CATEGORY (Awarded by American Book Fest)
NAMED ONE OF THE 100 BEST ADHD BOOKS OF ALL TIME (BookAuthority)
MOM'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

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