Looking for ideas on how I can get my eight-year -old to amuse herself. I’m really worried that she cannot seem to spend anytime playing alone at all, she follows me around constantly, moaning how bored she is, i go to the toilet and she’s there, lingering. I do play with her of course but I can’t do it all day everyday and plus I don’t think that is a healthy habit to get into for her- I think it’s vitally important to be able to amuse yourself from time to time. Her younger brother has no problem with this and he plays with her too but it often dissolves into a row. She too is frustrated by her behaviour as well, she is deeply unhappy and it’s very upsetting for us all. There is no reason for her to be unhappy, she has a stable home life with a family that love her, she has friends at school, does well academically, all the toys etc she could wish for, pets, a garden with trampoline swings etc. Covid lockdown has magnified the problem, I thought it would get better when she went back to school but it hasn’t. We made her bored list with ideas for her when she is stuck, she refuses to do any of them, I’m literally at the end of my tether and it’s starting to affect my relationship with her because I literally cannot do anything or get anything done without there being tantrums. We’ve even tried to reward her for spending short amounts of time amusing herself and even that doesn’t work! I really fear for her, is this normal?