8 Year Old Playing Pretend
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Anonymous
| Is it common for 8 year olds to still play pretend? DD and her friends like to play games where one of them is a baby. |
Anonymous
| A re you seriously starting a forum to ask this ridiculous question? |
Anonymous
| Lol. Very common. |
Anonymous
| This is normal and very sweet. I think we as a society has forgotten how simple childhood can be |
Anonymous
| No, she is behind. She should discussing quantum physics at least for few years now. |
Anonymous
| More common than a parent questioning normal child behavior. |
Anonymous
| The cat phase is the worst |
Anonymous
We are still deep into I’m a cat. |
Anonymous
Hopefully they don’t try to use the litter box. |
Anonymous
| dh. we preteneded cops and robbers through about 10, maybe even 11. |
Anonymous
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It's healthy and normal. And the longer they do it, the better it is. My 7th grader DD and her friends play with their Schleich figurines, then play Dungeons and Dragons. They play Minecraft, have fun with Character.ai, write short stories... ... it's all good. |
Anonymous
| My 5th grader and friends are playing Dance Moms on the playground. |
Anonymous
| My DC of the same age likes to play pretend baby with me too. I'm guessing it's a stage of growing up. |
Anonymous
| My 5th grader does sometimes. It’s fine. |
Anonymous
| My seven year old somehow constructed a play family during group tennis lessons the other day. Just a real commitment to figuring out who is baby sis. |