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[quote=Anonymous][quote]My DS is an only child, and he's very high maintenance in that he needs us all of the time. He seeks our approval, he must sit with us at all times except if he's watching TV. If he draws something, I need to see it, if he creates a game, I must see its development then play it with him, etc. I know to be a good parent I should engage, and I do my very best, but I've also been SO tired and mentally stretched thin that most of the time I placate for a little and then either play video games with him or watch TV because it's a way to engage with him while still not exerting energy. I neither have the patience nor the energy to do that's right and it's making me feel all kinds of guilty. The days are long but the years are short as they say, and he's only this young for now. How do you do it? How do you force yourself to play Hot Wheel war for hours?[/quote]

I have a 9 year old, and he definitely doesn't want to play hot wheel war for hours with me.   He's relatively immature for his age, so I don't think that's the issue.  On weekends, he is involved in a sport that has one practice and one game, and we will usually invite a friend from the sport over for a play date afterwards.  The kids can play half an hour of video games at the play date, at which point they have to find something non-electronic to do (Pokemon cards, legos, kiva planks, nerf guns etc.).  He can walk to a park that is one block away from our house and across a small street to find other kids to play with.

We do play board and card games together, and we both enjoy those.[/quote]

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