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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 3 year old and literally laughed out loud at the notion that she would play quietly in her room for 30-60 minutes. She's a pretty independent kid, but would 100% want me to play with her.

Sometimes she'll play with the toys she has in the kitchen/living room for 10-15 minutes, but then she'll want me to play with her.

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Just want to say that the ability to do this totally varies kid to kid. I’m the PP with the newborn who has let my 2.5 year old watch WAY too much tv over the past year because of how many life changes we’ve been going though. She’s practically feral in terms of energy, attention span and climbing ability  (i.e. she scales furniture and countertops if I look away for a second and is now purposefully destructive as she works through feelings about having a new sibling.) BUT she is totally cooperative for afternoon quiet time and happily takes a toy or two to her room and plays alone quietly. She usually falls asleep within 15 minutes  but if she doesn’t she’ll play alone in her room for an hour or more before she starts yelling that she’s “not sleepy anymore.” So while I believe that your kid won’t do it, some 2 year olds are good about it—yet it doesn’t necessarily eliminate the “need” for the tv the other 10 wakeful hours per day since I can’t justify locking my kid in her room every time I need to pump, feed the baby, cook a meal etc. [/quote]

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