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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like these children with sibling playmates don’t know how to entertain themselves. Sibling goes and they’re nagging their parents? How old are these kids? That’s an underrated skill that parents of one child probably overlook since their kids can do it. [/quote]

I said my kid will nag. He plays well on his own all the time. But if his sister has a friend over who pointedly excludes him he gets upset. So we don't have those types of kids over. If he wants to join in he can and if he doesn't, then he doesn't. What I won't tolerate is another kid coming to my house, excluding my kid, and making him upset. No thank you. [/quote]

I slightly disagree. When my oldest DS has a friend over, what naturally happens is his siblings want to play with the friend and their older brother. At some point, the oldest DS wants to show something to his friend in his room - special Legos or Pokémon cards or whatever. At that point I tell the younger siblings their brother needs alone time with his friend and distract them with something else. It's unfair to the older sibling to always have his siblings included.  When the younger siblings' friends come over, it's the same. Although the older DS usually only wants to play with them for a bit. [/quote]

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