How far to go in encouraging age appropriate activities?

[TotalChaos]

DS has just turned 6, and has IMO (and that of parents to kids with SN) but not officially mild language delay.

A few things are troubling me lately - DS's unfading enthusiasm for Cbeebies, and his still enjoying playing peekaboo like games. A nice older brother of a class mate will indulge DS in chase etc games - but today father seemed to be looking daggers about it. And DS wanted me to get him a 3rd and sodding Bird DVD. I tried to discourage DS from both the DVD and the peekaboo games by telling him it was babyish .

But am I being cruel even saying this? I just don't know. I want to help him integrate socially - but equally I don't want him to feel I don't accept him for who he is. BTW in the house I let him have some time to be shrieky/spinny/silly and watch Cbeebies!

Some of his interests - primarily the Wii/Mario/Sonic are age appropriate btw.

He is very conformist and currently doing quite well at school, so school aren't seeing (or won't see) problems.

as you know, my daughter has a developmental delay. I've been quite concerned recently about how all her friends are wizzing ahead of her and she just seems to be staying so young.
Someone on MN said that "development is not a race, it's a journey."
This is so true, and it made me realise that all the time I spent worrieng about her development, I wasn't fully enjoying her for who she is. If she catches up, then great, but I'm aware that she may never. From now on though, we're just going to enjoy the journey together.

good for you mummyloveslucy.

thanks for your further thoughts - writing it down, I've realised that the tv programmes is a very minor issue - it's more that I'm concerned that DS seems naive/young by comparison with his peers, and his birthday has made that more apparent, as him getting a year older tends to...

writing it down here always helps doesn't it?