Should I be playing more with ds?

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Ds (5) is always begging me to play with him, which is making me think that I don't play with him enough!

In the mornings he's an early riser so we generally play for about 20mins before the day starts (breakfast, shower, dishwasher etc) once he's ready he's begging me to play, but I need to get things done in this time before school, so I think he should play by himself or with ds2 (age 2)

After school we generally have about half an hour of play in-between prepping dinner, bath time, reading stories etc. Obvs at weekends we play more. Is this normal? Should I be playing more with ds?

It's obviously more fun for him if he's got someone to play with, rather than play by himself. Can't his dad do a share? I know when my dgs7 comes to stay, he's always begging for someone to play with. Grandad does a lot of it.

Dp has a long commute so not around mornings until late evening unfortunately

Mine are a bit older now, but I don't remember them wanting me to play with them at all by the time they were 5. Which was great, because the role play when they were younger was beyond tedious. I'd encourage independent play as much as you possibly can op. And, it sounds like you're playing plenty.

My 4 year old is the same. Luckily my eldest plays with him most of the time. The rest of the time I do what you do, sounds like your doing plenty. They need to learn you can’t play with all the time, they need to learn to entertain themselves at some point too.