why cant we bring back the "go play by yourself?" parenting style? i am trying to start an "ignore your kids" parenting style.
id rather clean than play connect 4 anyway. lol
This is what I do. I'm constantly telling DD to go play, if she bugs me too much I tell her to go clean her room. I make sure to carve out time to specifically play with her or do something fun for an hour or so while her little brother naps, but a lot of the time I just want her to find something to do. When she whines I send her up to clean her room. Usually she gets distracted while picking up and ends up playing with her toys for an hour or so quietly. I tell myself that I'm helping her develop an imagination because I'm allowing her time to be bored, but really I'm just a lazy parent. My main exception to this is reading with her, if she or DS bring me a book, 9 times out of 10, I will drop everything I am doing and sit and read with them. If they want quality time, they know all they have to do is bring me a book.
Reading this made me feel 100X better today. I too am a lazy parent who does not enjoy playing games but will always make time to read.