If your children have their own room each, do they usually play alone by themselves? Or together where?

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The dd's used to share a room but now have their own, dd2 is still mainly to be found in with dd1...

"alone by themselves"?

Children playing in their own bedrooms ia a crazy idea.

At least that is what seven year old DS thinks!

We have been insisting on more playing in rooms simply because the tiny pieces in 'big boy lego' are not a good idea wtih 9mth old DD.

Seems to depend - a friend's children play in their rooms together (in the bigger room) or downstairs. One household I know the children play all over the house either together running about or flung to the four corners if they want to be alone.

Why do you ask?

My 2 dc have just got their own rooms but they still come and sit around where I am to play and tehy are 10 and 9! I try to send them to play but they just look at me as if I'm a nasty troll type mama!

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Glad it isn't just my son who thinks the suggestion that he should play where I am not is a crazed, nasty, troll idea.

I've often wondered if this is because he's always played downstairs where we are and I should have taught him to play in his room when he was little.

Yes they do have their own rooms and are usually to be found playing in the hall, the small dark coat cupboard or in the kitchen under my feet (literally) - almost never in their own bedrooms (except when they have friends around).

In our household children are allowed to make/leave mess with toys in their bedrooms and in our dining room (which is usually used as a media room-library-playroom as we have an eat-in kitchen).

Other rooms are supposed to be toy free - and usually are.

dd2 can often be found in dd1 room but thats because the dolls house is in there and poor dd2 has the box room with no space to play in, saying that neither of them have many toys in their rooms as they have a playroom downstairs and play in there together (or if dd1 doing something that dd2 not allowed ie gluing/playing with her paper dolls etc then dd1 will sit at dining room table)

On the whole dd2 plays with her dollies etc and will drag them and their accessories from the playroom into the lounge and play about 1/2inch away from where ever I am!