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How often do you play with your children?

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MummyofThreeTiddlies · 09/03/2025 13:11

Hey, so i have a daughter who is 12 but autistic so can still be very child like, and 2 boys who are 4 and 5 so there always playing together along with there sister sometimes joining in, I feel if I don't play I just feel pure guilt and a horrid mum, we try to get out the house parks walks etc but at home is when the guilt etc starts up if I'm going enough or not
Anyone else feel like this?

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verycloakanddaggers · 09/03/2025 17:14

How much time do you currently spend playing? I'd think some time each day, but adults do have to do other things!
What do they like to play?

Somehowgirl · 09/03/2025 17:39

Honestly, I have a 3 and a half year old and I simply don't play with him. I don't enjoy it and I'm sure it would show, so I don't bother.

I build Lego with him which he loves, bake with him, muck about with play dough at the kitchen table, help him build train tracks, and go out on endless trips and adventures. We go on bike rides together and I take him swimming. We're often out all day long.

We have all sorts of fun but I don't "play".

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