CAREABOUTKIDS

PARENTS: Parents can structure the environment but not the play itself of children; but be ready to help a child shift to other activities. But they should offer help only when needed (like showing how to use a toy or explaining complicated rules for a game). Otherwise children may come to demand intervention frequently - sometimes to punish a playmate. MY WORD: Children should be left to handle most play by themselves.It is important that they learn to figure out things by themselves.