how do you handle kids who can't or won't play? The ones that need constant entertainment or follow you around from room to room and won't leave your side?
I am at my wits end with a child that I have two days a week. I continually tell her to "go play" which she will do for around 5 minutes and then we are back to following me around asking "Ariana what you doing?" over and over. She is 2.5 yrs old. My kids at this age were so independant and could play for at least an hour by themselves.
Mom says she is a great independant player at home which I do not buy for a minute since mom barely spends any time with her! Last week I went to look out my bathroom window to watch my kid get off the bus and I put her in the playroom and closed the door because she follows me in the bathroom and starts picking at everything. When I went back into the room she was huddled in the corner crying her eyes out :confused: meanwhile the room is FULL of fun stuff to do and free art supplies. I just don't get it! Sometimes I will put a show on for the kids when I am cleaning up after lunch and she will not watch it. She simply runs in circles near me. Run run run, fall down. Run run run, fall down....over and over. Literally. I am not making this up. Why is this more fun than tv?!
I am at my wits end with a child that I have two days a week. I continually tell her to "go play" which she will do for around 5 minutes and then we are back to following me around asking "Ariana what you doing?" over and over. She is 2.5 yrs old. My kids at this age were so independant and could play for at least an hour by themselves.
Mom says she is a great independant player at home which I do not buy for a minute since mom barely spends any time with her! Last week I went to look out my bathroom window to watch my kid get off the bus and I put her in the playroom and closed the door because she follows me in the bathroom and starts picking at everything. When I went back into the room she was huddled in the corner crying her eyes out :confused: meanwhile the room is FULL of fun stuff to do and free art supplies. I just don't get it! Sometimes I will put a show on for the kids when I am cleaning up after lunch and she will not watch it. She simply runs in circles near me. Run run run, fall down. Run run run, fall down....over and over. Literally. I am not making this up. Why is this more fun than tv?!
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