Just watched an interesting discussion on a daytime tv programme about whether parents have lost the art of playing because of video games and lack of time with their children. Just wondered what other people thought - I do find it comes naturally to mess around with dd and be silly but if we sit down and play Lego I sometimes struggle to think of ideas of what do. My mum is brilliant, she always comes up with new ways of playing but my mil is very different - she's ok if she has somewhere to take dd eg the children's centre or the park but she can't sit and play with toys of whatever - she just leaves dd to it. Am just wondering if some people have a natural ability to play and others don't of they just don't have enough time with their children. Am not a journalist honest just thought it might be an interesting discussion! www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/9201215/DVDs-instead-of-climbing-trees-how-parents-forgot-to-let-children-play.html
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