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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re enabling her a bit too much - she needs to be bored and figure it out.[/quote] +1 It’s an important life skill to be able to figure out how to entertain yourself. Help her learn how to do this. Sit down with her and brainstorm all the things she can do by herself and either make a numbered list or put them on index cards. Designate a time when she is responsible for entertaining herself - 2 hrs mid-morning for example. She can either just decide to do something, or randomly choose (pull an index card/roll dice). If she bugs you or another family member during that timeframe, she gets assigned a chore. Reward her after the timeframe when she’s successful by doing something with her - either just family time (lunch) or special time together on a craft etc.[/quote]
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