Comments on: It’s Really Okay to Say ‘No’ to Playing with Your Child (5 Reasons) https://www.janetlansbury.com/2018/08/its-really-okay-to-say-no-to-playing-with-your-child-5-reasons/ elevating child care Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:43:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lisa https://www.janetlansbury.com/2018/08/its-really-okay-to-say-no-to-playing-with-your-child-5-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-130565 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:05:32 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=18968#comment-130565 My daughter struggles with, not her four year old only child but rather, her husband, demanding that she play with her daughter constantly.

He plays and entertains her from the moment he gets home and even stays in her bed with her until she falls asleep nightly.

They are older (40’s and 50’s) and conceived only through multiple rounds of IVF. She is a precious, bubbly, little girl that has a wonderful imagination and entertains herself beautifully and also plays well with her friends but tends to be a little shy with other children if they are overly rowdy or aggressive (identical to her mom as a child) but her dad much rather she be a more outgoing, leader of the pack type.

He refuses to be more than a best buddy and truly never says no to anything, continually planing play dates while pushing for more IVF and a surrogate so she won’t be an only child.

I might add that he and his brother speak multiple times a day by phone yet he has a sister he does not get along with at all.
However he is certain that she needs a sibling to be happy and in order not to be alone when she is grown.

My daughter is overwhelmed and very much the third wheel in the family.

]]> By: Morgan https://www.janetlansbury.com/2018/08/its-really-okay-to-say-no-to-playing-with-your-child-5-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-126985 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 22:30:31 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=18968#comment-126985 In reply to Kim.

I am in the very same boat. Hoping for a reply from Janet. Especially on being an only child. I’m not a huge fan of play dates but I am also not sure we are ready to send him to preschool.

]]> By: Kim https://www.janetlansbury.com/2018/08/its-really-okay-to-say-no-to-playing-with-your-child-5-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-126473 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 05:37:40 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=18968#comment-126473 My child is like the child described in the question also, but she is a little younger at almost 3. She has an incredible imagination but becomes really distressed if I cannot or will not play with her for a while. I am home with her all day and she is an only child, so I know she gets lots of focused attention from me, and sometimes her requests to play frankly exhaust me. She also loves for me to read to her and will sometimes bring me 15 books in a row to read. How can I encourage her to play independently more often? Should I be scheduling more opportunities for her to play with other children also?

]]> By: janet https://www.janetlansbury.com/2018/08/its-really-okay-to-say-no-to-playing-with-your-child-5-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-126457 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 14:15:35 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=18968#comment-126457 In reply to Marie.

Aww, my pleasure Marie!

]]> By: Marie https://www.janetlansbury.com/2018/08/its-really-okay-to-say-no-to-playing-with-your-child-5-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-126455 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 08:06:47 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=18968#comment-126455 Thank you for this and everything else <3

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