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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm going to come off pretty badly here. My daughter is constantly asking me to play pretend with her, but it's always in exactly the same somewhat bossy way. As in "You say [this]" so that she can act out her little story, interjecting to tell me my next line, and getting annoyed when I don't say it exactly the way she did.

I'm kind of fed up with it. It's the exact same thing, over and over again. It's bossy. And it's boring. I love to engage in pretend play, like building blanket forts and saying they're castles, playing queen and princess at meals (the princess has lovely table manners), doing funny voices with stuffed animals, etc. But this "now YOU say..." just rubs me the wrong way.

How scarred will she be if I just shut this game down once and for all? Knowing her, I can't do a once a day policy, because she'll beg and plead and whine if given any leeway. It needs to be full stop. But it feels mean to do that... this is her very most favorite "game", and has been for several months. [/quote]

My kids rarely ask me to play with them.  Is your daughter in preschool?  If not, maybe you should consider it, as perhaps she needs another outlet.[/quote]
 really? That is weird. Most children want to play with their parents. It is a way to connect and foster a sense of closeness.[/quote]

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