Your Toddler CAN Play By Themselves. Here’s How to Teach Them...

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Came here for tips and these are stellar. I didn’t realize that we already do these things and that my toddler actually plays a long time (1-2 hours at a time). I’ll reset my expectations! 😂

My son was able to play independent right from the start and prefered it. He had to learn to play with others. My daughter took her time. Turned out she doesnt like to be/feel alone. As long I am in the same room she is fine.

I honestly LOVE this channel and all the content. Helps me enormously in parenting. Thank you!

I have an almost 2 year old who is incredibly social. She wants to be with people and share in what she is doing. It’s hard work but that’s her nature. It doesn’t mean I use a device all the time. Sesame st is a treat. Recently she’s been slightly more independent and happy to read books by herself for 10 mins or so but most of the time I don’t get things done (at all or very efficiently) because she likes me to be with her or to “help” … before she goes off and wants to do something else. Can we also remember that kids can be extroverted, introverted, social or anti-social and not to suggest social kids are a result of parenting or something? There’s comments on here by parents bragging about their “independent” kid who probably just likes their own company because they’re introverted. Whoop de doo. My husband and mother in law get their energy by being around people (they are literally the extreme end of extroversion… they hate being alone)- so does my daughter. Doesn’t make her naughty.

Emma you are THE BEST! I've been following you since my daughter was a month old and now she's almost 2 and a half! We are expecting another girl in a few months and your channel will continue to help my family learn and grow together. I love your work so much and I hope you know how much parents and caregivers benefit from what you do. I've got your baby and toddler courses and I'm looking forward to going back to the baby one soon enough ❤

Great suggestions as always helping both parents and their little ones, thank you so much

Toddlers can totally have independent play without any help from anyone. I don’t own a tv and there’s a few toys and the kitchen cupboards and he’s can happily play on his own for over an hour 😅 and now if we go to someone’s house with a tv going he’s not even interested but goes and plays he’s 19 months and has been doing this from the get go 😅

My baby isn't 1 yet but I've watched so many of your videos already! Your Monstera is thriving!

Love your videos....straight to the point,educative, impactful

I have a three-nearly-four year old who struggles to play independently. She has a "Yes Space" and her toys are mostly right for her age and skills. I think she has possibly too many toys at once. I could do a toy rotation to keep her environment stimulating. I find playing with her difficult because she gets frustrated very easily and it's difficult for her to choose something to do that I can join her doing. She has a planning book with pictures of the activities she could choose to do and this can work sometimes. I think these steps will be good for me to try.

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Another great video Emma! I really love the suggestion of a “Yes Room” and rotating the toys. I will definitely implement these with my toddler.

I'm so thankful for your videos

Same my kiddos if happy for AGES 😅 Let kids do and figure this out for themselves. Sometimes show them but let them discover and they’ll be inquiring and independent cause they’ve done on their own/for themselves without you. We’ve never had a tv and when he sees one he’s totally bored and goes to play 😂

Love your videos! if you don't mind, what app/videos editor do you use to make your videos? Thank you🙂

The older they get they constantly need you to play with them

this video offers such a great set of guidance, thank you!

What if we create a perfect "yes space" and the kids just don't want to stay there? For example, we have a big comfy baby proofed room with awesome developmentally recommended toys. Yet our 1 year old twins just won't stay there for too long. They want to come out to explore, which means wanting to play with the cables, the trash bin etc. and all the other exciting forbidden stuff in our room. And they let us know what they want very efficiently by banging on the doors or really on anything so loud that we have to let them out. And I don't even want to confine them to a small space for too long. But the rest of the house can't be fully baby proofed, so when they're out we really do have to change to hawk mode.