Comments on: Emotional Simpleton

By: DadStuff

DadStuff — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:12:59 +0000

An awful lot of insight can be obtained by listening to our kids talk. Just asking them a simple question sometimes brings a novel length oration to sift through.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:31:24 +0000

And I think the directing of play must be the age, because Keilani does that too! Today with Sebastian she was constantly saying (ok, ordering), “Sebastian is going to go slide now!” “Mommy is going to watch from over THERE!” (Me: “Honey, I think Sebastian is still having fun on the merry-go-round” Keilani: “No, Sebastian is DONE on the merry-go-round and is going to go SLIDE with me now” as Sebastian of course plays happily on the merry-go-round with no end in sight.

By: Jerri Ann

Jerri Ann — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:26:15 +0000

I had a cousin who had an imaginary friend until she was 6 or so. We would get in the car to take her home after a visit and she would make us go back after pulling out of the drive b/c her friend got left. Pull out of the drive again only to be told that her friend left his bicycle but that it was ok, if he was that irresponsible, he could just do without. I”m not kidding, it was a riot!

By: Lynnie

Lynnie — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:51:31 +0000

Wow! Imaginary playmates are so interesting! Neither one of my kids have had one yet, though my youngest “almost” did (this “DooBop” sort of disappeared too fast for me to sort out what she really was). Have you videotaped her talking to her friends yet? That would be so cool for her to watch when she’s older and the playmates are long gone.