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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a single mom too, and my son is also extroverted. What helped the absolute most was after we got home, spending 5-10 minutes doing something WITH him, that he chose. He set the rules, we talked about what he wanted to talk about, we built what he wanted, WHATEVER. But I filled that bucket of mom-attention up and then he was content to do his own thing for a few hours. Also, catch her doing "good" things when you're otherwise engaged. While you're doing laundry and she's reading - make a comment like, "oh I loved that book! I love seeing you read it" or something similar when she's doing legos, or coloring, or whatever. Then her attention bucket will stay full and she'll be more likely to stay content doing her own thing.[/quote]
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