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Reply to "How much to do you play with your lower elementary kid?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I have 4 kids and, in general, I rarely do the sort of figurine/floor play I think you’re talking about (I’m ok with more active/gross motor stuff). But in general, I would think it is *not* out of anxiety that she is asking you to play! In the absence of a playmate, my kids will ask me to play or “watch me play.” I think adults don’t like figurine play/floor play because it’s not “productive” or relaxing. But, one of my kids is moderately autistic, and after doing many, many hours of virtual play-based therapy and follow-up floortime play therapy, I realized that play with children can be tolerable if there’s a goal behind it. (Yeah I realize bonding or whatever is a goal, but I prefer story time, outings, etc normally with kids). So sometimes my play sessions with my autistic son had the goal of reducing rigidity/expanding vocabulary/social lesson. Now I use the same framework when I play with all my kids (neurotypical too).[/quote]
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