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[quote=Anonymous]It's funny.  My 8yr old is so imaginative and loves to create, play and have playdates.  But we are starting to see a group of these girls not want to play anything at all.  It is extremely sad.

I have always encouraged my kids to play and remind them they only have a small window of being a kid and to take advantage of it.  Growing up may seem fun but it is boring.  I feel like many parents WANT their kids to grow up though.  They look forward to clearing out toys, not having to play with them, looking at mini me's to shop with.  So many never seemed excited for anything or want to do anything.  Even last year at the pool, some of the kids just sit around and looked a tablet or talked on lounge chairs.  They were 8-10yrs old.  No ping pong, no basketball, no marco polo.  It is weird.

I am not generalizing everyone but it is a trend I have noticed more right now than 7-8yrs ago when my oldest was this age.  Maybe it is just this grade my daughter is in but I feel like the more she wants to play games, create mini-plays, do a spy-hunt in the backyard, etc... the more she will get outcasted by her more "mature" peers.

I wish their was a meet-up for creative fun imaginative girls.  Keep their spark going [/quote]

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