3 year old doesn’t want to play alone

[OneUniqueNavyCritic]

My 3 year old is confident, intelligent, polite, has an excellent vocabulary. I'm worried that she doesn't play on his own at home and she doesn't like us having conversations she isn't involved in.
sHe always involves me and her dad. her dad is a very present father, most people have said she is more like a mum.
Recently I've noticed friends kids will play quietly whilst adults talk whereas mine wont.

any similar experience/ child who turned out fine

Friend's 3 year old kids just play quietly in a corner alone for more than 2 minutes? I think that's extremely unusual. Your dd sounds absolutely fine.

Kids play quitely in the corner? That’s not really normal

Do you have any other children? My experience is that children with siblings are more likely to be able to play without an adult because the adult has less time to spend playing 1:1 with them and if they want to play with someone there’s another child around. Or even an older child around to teach the younger one more about imaginative play.

I don’t think it’s unusual overall though for a 3 year old to want to play with an adult.

Your DD sounds entirely normal. Very few kids that age will play quietly by themselves if there is an available adult to play with. Maybe if they have a really new exciting or engaging toy, but even then they’ll want to show it to you and for you to be part of the fun with them.

If it is inhibiting you getting stuff done, you might try the “yes, I can come and play in 2 minutes” approach. But make sure that after leaving a pause you do come without your child having to nag you, otherwise you just train them they need to nag to get your attention.

I can normally do all my housework and work done because I simply have to tell her that I cannot play and it is time to play on her own . Two possible outcomes she accepts it and goes and play for a bit before she comes back again or she sits on the couch saying she is sad and hugging her bunny 🥹.. she doesn’t cry or anything

Anything more than 5-10 mins at this age of sole playing isn’t particularly normal. Up until the age of 5 you should be playing alongside and inviting play and they then will often play independently but only for a really short while. Enjoy your little one while they’re still young!

Pretty normal especially if she is used in getting a lot of attention. Some children just like adults always want entertainment when others are happy to chill. She’s just a busy little person.
My niece was like this she’s a real doer kind of person.
Don’t worry when she gets into the land of gaming or YouTube she’ll learn to self soothe.

Are you trying to WFH with her there thats never going to work. My girl is nearly 3 and near constant interaction. But she helps with the housework or paints in the kitchen. Helps put clothes away, a wash on.

any similar experience/ child who turned out fine

Why did you write the above? Your child is fine, you've described very normal behaviour, do you think that's a sign there's something wrong with her!!

What are you expecting her to do when you want her to play on her own, what activities and for how long?

A child that age won't want to spend more than a very, very short amount of time on their own and you shouldn't expect it. If she doesn't have other children to interact with then she'll turn to the adults around her.

Get on with the housework but let her follow you around to chat and join in.

Does she attend nursery so she can play with other kids?

No not yet she will start in September …she goes to playgroups and she will either parallel play or play cooperatively and she has one friend and plays with her when they are together

My four year old used to be terrible playing on their own but is getting better at it. I think it’s good for kids imaginations to be left alone for a while and learn how to rescue themselves from boredom.

Egg timers have helped as a clear, visual ‘I am doing X for 10 minutes then I can do Y with you.’ They are more willing to entertain themselves for a while if we’ve had some intense 1-1 time first.

As they’ve got older, I’ve admitted what activities I don’t like doing with them, e.g. fantasy/imaginative play, and what I do like doing with them, board games, reading books, cooking, cleaning (ha), having a chat, going on a walk. Also they’ve gotten into audiobooks/podcasts and can be distracted for a while doing colouring or that kind of thing and listening to something interesting.

I think I started off being the kind of parent who was always available for whatever game, and I would break off conversation with adults if my child interrupted. My child is a better person for having a little time on their own and now knowing that X is having their turn to talk right now and it’ll be your turn next.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4474012-my-3-year-old-doesnt-play-independently-at-home

The above link was updated in AIBU today and I was just reading through it and realised the post was similar to yours.
What's going on here @OneUniqueNavyCritic, why did you copy and paste another poster's words and present them as your own?