Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 20:07     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
Anonymous wrote:The cat phase is the worst


Yes. Why is this a thing?
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 20:05     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
Anonymous wrote:My 5th grader and friends are playing Dance Moms on the playground.


My 6th grader does this!
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 17:06     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
Hahah, my 9 year old still gives me the occasional meow. What's up with that?!
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 16:34     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The cat phase is the worst


We are still deep into I’m a cat.


oh god when does I'm a cat end? Also I'm a puppy. Will I mourn it? Is that when I have to get an actual dog?
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 16:31     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
My 7yr and my sister (40) play barbies over Facetime. They both love the pretend phase. It's really sweet.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 16:27     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
Anonymous wrote:This is not the first time on this forum that parents are concerned about their kids acting like kids.

Yep. Lot of people want their kids to be older. My 10 year old still plays pretend, including by herself. She's got an amazing imagination and pretend play is so, so, so good for kids. Doesn't bother or worry me in the slightest.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 15:30     Subject: Re:8 Year Old Playing Pretend
Definitely need to get her to do less pretend place and really focus on her tiktok dance practice.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 15:28     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
Why is it bad for an 8 year old to act like a kid?
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 14:44     Subject: Re:8 Year Old Playing Pretend
Anonymous wrote:A re you seriously starting a forum to ask this ridiculous question?


Are you seriously the first response yet have nothing to contribute?
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 13:15     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
This is not the first time on this forum that parents are concerned about their kids acting like kids.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 12:38     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The cat phase is the worst


We are still deep into I’m a cat.


I twitch when I hear DD meow.


Mine wrapped herself around my legs and rubbed her head on my knees this morning. We don't even have a cat, I have no idea where she learned that behavior.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 12:33     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The cat phase is the worst


We are still deep into I’m a cat.


I twitch when I hear DD meow.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 10:05     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
I played pretend (although more witches and princesses than babies) up until middle school... at which point we started calling it acting or novel-writing but it was functionally the same thing. At 8? Super normal.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 10:05     Subject: Re:8 Year Old Playing Pretend
that is what my 8 y/o and her friends do. they often play family.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 10:04     Subject: 8 Year Old Playing Pretend
I remember us doing this one time with my friends younger brother about that age. He didn’t seem to mind being the baby even drinking a bottle and getting a diaper.