Comments on Katy's Flowers: Works for Me Wednesday --- Parenting Advice

Your daughter sounds a lot like my son. When he w...

2007-08-01T13:23:00.000-07:00

Your daughter sounds a lot like my son. When he was little, he preferred my company to anything else. He didn't like to color or pretend; he wanted to talk and be with me. It really worried me for a while. Each child is so different, and for him, "fun" was socializing with adults. It was not until he was six or older that he finally began to enjoy playing by himself in his room.

I have worried too about my lack of creativity/imagination and it's effect on my children. So I am trying to learn right along with them! Hopefully by the time they are grown, I will be a creative & imaginative person too!

I hope this helps some! :-)

how old were your children when they started playi...

2007-08-01T11:51:00.000-07:00

how old were your children when they started playing on their own,in a room different than you? My oldest is three but has never been one that loves toys. So she will watch a movie without me, although she wants me there, and a movie isn't "playing". We have a small house (townhome) and there aren't a lot of toys in the first place but we wonder about how to help her develop a healthy imagination.(something that i desperately lack)

Great advice for today's parents. We weren't sched...

2007-08-01T11:32:00.000-07:00

Great advice for today's parents. We weren't scheduled in anything growing up and had so many adventures.

I totally agree - over-scheduling is the bane of o...

2007-08-01T11:03:00.000-07:00

I totally agree - over-scheduling is the bane of our society. Teaching the kids to take time to just be is so important!

My WFMW is about sun safety.