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[quote=Anonymous]OP, your nephew shouldn't be expected to entertain your kid for more than an hour at a time. This is his break too, and he deserves to be able to spend his school break however he wants. He probably has new Christmas stuff he wants to play with with w/o your kid. He's very obviously an introvert who needs down time too.

It's nice when the kids play together endlessly, and who knows maybe that will happen in the future, but right now, they don't have enough in common for that to happen. It's entirely possible they never will--if your kid ends up sporty and the other kid is more into video games or whatever, they might never entertain each other.

At this point, it's on you to make sure your kid is entertained--and it might involve some "Mom and Dad are here to visit with Aunt Polly and Uncle Joe, so you need to find something to do--remember the X, Y, and Z you packed? Go play with/read those." Your kid absolutely does not need to be entertained by others--he needs to learn to do that on his own. Being bored is OK (for both the boys.)[/quote]

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