Hello. I we have a wonderful 5 y/o son. He is our only child. His dad is shy, so it was no surprise that our son is also. I have gone to playgroups with him since he was 2 years old. He has always had interaction with family. His shyness was complicated by being bullied in pre K-4. Now he does not want to go to birthday parties and such. We put him into karate and basketball over the summer. He is now in a new school. He states he only has one friend in school. Sometimes he hids behind my back when people say hello. He does go off to play when we are at my friends and does run off to play in church. Two of his schoolmates go to church with us and are always happy to see him, he however does not always say hello back. He plays with them sometimes. He usually prefers older kids. He does answer adult's questions if they are not complete strangers. He most prefers to be at home playing with my husband and I. None of his teachers have stated he is having social issues. His pre K-4 teacher, however, did not feel he was ready for kindergarten, felt my husband was babying him. His birthday is 10 days before the cut off date for kindergarten, so we put him into a new school, pre K-4 again, and made him the oldest, instead of the youngest.