My DD is a bossy 6 yr old and when she and DS 4 play together it is always "mummy and baby", "teacher and toddler" you get the picture. She will not allow DS to be the lead role in any game and if he suggests it she just won't play with him.
I personally cannot bare the mummy and baby games, their twee voices drive me mad but I am assuming they all do it.
My worry is that him always being the one being bossed is surely going to have an affect on him eventually. He is a boys boy with his own friends, definitely shyer than her but not "shy" and is doing fine. I just wonder if this is normal behaviour and dynamics and anything I can do to encourage them to play more evenly together.
The only time they play together by the way is games like these, they never do anything as equals like puzzles, playing with toys like the farm etc.
My gut feeling is that i have to just leave them be but I really would like to know if others are like this too.
THANKS!
Whizz