If you’re having trouble teaching your child how to enjoy being alone and to play without a companion, Hollman offers the following six tips. 1. Set them up for success.

Why letting your kids play alone feels like a revelation to modern parents. Elizabeth Chang, The Washington Post. Published: Dec 10, 2022 11:00 AM Updated: Dec 14, 2024 9:56 AM.

Why letting your kids play alone feels like a revelation to modern parents. November 22, 2022. 7 min (iStock) By Elizabeth Chang.

For those who don't know, latchkey kids were the phenomenon of the '70s, '80s, and '90s in which children babysat themselves all alone after school after letting themselves into the house with a ...

She also stresses that parents' confidence in letting their kids go out alone will vary depending on the child’s age and their child's readiness. "Parents need to feel as comfortable as possible in ...

But although they dwell on whether kids have too much alone time, adults don’t tend to consider whether kids have enough of it. In fact, researchers told me, people seem entirely uncomfortable ...

No.1, she wrote: “Independent play means leaving children alone.”) Yet some parents seem to be absorbing the message—especially from social media, ...

According to Florida Department of Children and Families and the national SAFE Kids Campaign, children under the age of 12 ...

Dear Meghan: My children are 5 and 2½ years old. We have an entire week off with them, which we wanted so badly. But they insist on constant entertainment. If I am not playing with them, they ...