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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD and her friends typically entertain themselves. They do nails and hair. They watch tv. They make up plays. They do crafts - right now they are making jewelry and bookmarks. They make music lys. They listen to music. They shop online and then beg us moms to buy them new clothes. They bake. That's all I can think of. [/quote]

Right now we don't have a tv and tend to not let kids use games/computers. [b]We are wondering if we are outliers [/b]and that is part of why bored.

We will keep crafts handy thought they had outgrown that.

Movie and ice skating and such are great but right now we are kind of limited to at home play dates when we host. [/quote]

Of course you are outliers!

Sadly many kids do need to learn how to learn to entertain themselves without a screen like back in the "olden times."

Not having a tv or video games isn't a problem.  Invite the kids over for an activity like pizza making.  Then make yourself scarce and let them sit around and talk and eat.  Most girls can do that with or without nail polish or phones.

If you want to try to introduce board games, then I'd suggest doing it with another family who likes that kind of thing and has a DD the same age as your DD.  Playing games is a lost art.[/quote]

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