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[quote=Anonymous]Op here.  This is so interesting to hear.  My kid is an only child with plenty of opportunities to socialize.  Still, when she’s home, she constantly asks me to play with her and claims she’s bored.   She has lots of toys and art supplies but always wants me to join her or watch her.  It feels almost like an anxiety thing—it’s the same way I’ll check social media or DCMUM when I want to avoid thinking about something else.   It’s almost like she doesn’t want to be alone with her own thoughts.  On the way home from camp today, for example, she whined in the car that she was bored (for our 10 minute drive) and then begged me to promise that I would play with her when we got home.  I agreed to play for an half hour before I needed to make dinner and despite agreeing to that, she begged, pleaded and got upset when it was time for me to make dinner.

I do have a partner who experiences the same thing when he’s the one around.  He happens to be super busy with work right now, so I’ve been the main available parent for the last month.

Any suggestions for what to try with her?  She’s generally a very flexible kid (happy to travel, try new things, etc.), but her whining that she’s bored and disappointment that I won’t play more are driving me crazy. [/quote]

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