My DD has always been into imaginary play. She’s now 4 and started reception this year and I (perhaps naively) thought she’d have grown out of a bit. But it’s her entirely favourite thing to do and it’s my absolute least favourite thing to do with her.
How do people cope with it? I honestly loathe it. I know it’s my job to get past it and suck it up, but how, exactly?
I find myself getting unfairly annoyed with her as we’ll play that for a while and then I’ll try and move her onto something else like puzzles, books, games, books, colouring etc. But she quickly tires of these things and just wants to go back to playing families. Aaaah.
It’s definitely obviously harder at the moment. We were supposed to be at the theatre today which was cancelled as it’s tier 3 and just facing lots of days inside in the rain (as she’s also very reluctant to go out in poor weather).
Any tips? Also have DS who’s about to turn 2 so have the usual challenges of trying to entertain them both simultaneously etc.
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How on earth to handle imaginary play?
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Pl242 · 19/12/2020 13:43
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