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If you find yourself daydreaming about a vacation away from your child, then you may be giving him more attention than he needs.
Young children will demand a lot of our time and energy if we don’t let them learn how to entertain themselves. This isn’t a selfish thing, either, it’s what children need.
According to parenting Guru, John Rosemond, a three-year-old child, should be able to entertain himself for about an hour at a time.
“A three-year-old who has received too much adult attention will continue to demand high levels of it. ”
— John Rosemond, Parenting Guru
This fact can shock parents who have been led to believe that having a child means you become not just a mother but a full-time playmate.
While motherhood comes with specific responsibilities, the good news is that one of them is not to become best playmate to your child!
At least it wasn’t always this way, nor was being a mother quite as exhausting as it is today (working mothers excluded).
This isn’t to say that you can’t play with your children, of course you can, but the truth is that your child needs to learn how to entertain himself. He needs to learn how to become an independent being rather than grow increasingly dependent upon…
