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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now that I read through this I have to admit to myself not much is fun for everybody. Rough housing and reading books come closest.

I bring my 4 year old in a baby seat in my bike and I enjoy the riding while he whines it is boring, then we stop at a park which he enjoys but he wants me to chase him around when I would so much rather sit and read a book.

I hope my 1 year old DD will grow into crafting. My DS 4 couldn't care less.

OP I think the best thing you can do is work on independent play skills so mommy/daddy aren't the kid's personal entertainment provider forever [/quote]

I wish I could give some of my kid’s crafting love to yours! Crafting is one of my least favorite activities (When I did it with Girl Scouts or at church YouTube activities I was thinking the whole time “what is the point of this??”) but DD became obsessed with it when was two. For years she used to watch hours and hours of YouTube videos about various crafts and I had to come help her figure out the more complicated things, like making paper beads out of strips of magazines. She had shelves of “smash books” and a art and craft supplies everywhere.

I hated it when I had to help her, but looking back they are actually good memories. Now she is 12 and more into fine art and I kind of miss those crazy crafting days. [/quote]

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