What fun places do you take your 3 year old ?

I always feel bad that I dont take her to these fun and exciting places I see other moms taking their toddlers on social media I feel bad then that I am not taking my toddler to those fun places. What is considered fun at this age?

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Just wanted to tell you that it’s not normal to be constantly taking a 3 year old on huge days out; social media is toxic for this. Remember when we were little? We’d go to the park, maybe a play area, play at home, maybe go to a play group/nursery and then have bigger days out a few times a year. Your little one just loves being with you, mama, so please don’t put too much pressure on yourself ❤️

right? Idkk why i feel guilty when shes stuck at home for a day or two. Toddlers get overwhelmed too .

It’s not related to social media for me, I have to get out. I really struggle when we stay indoors for too many days in a row, we both get cabin fever and I find juggling both of them much harder work if we sit at home too much!
We have an annual pass to a local zoo which has a big adventure playground and a soft play, so that’s a great option, we go to other soft plays, the local small town/role play place, swimming, parks, national trust places etc. I’d also like to take him to the local trampoline place, I think he would love it.

We dont go on any big days out we on parks trips with friends and playgroup and library or the museum. We got playgroup once a week and my son enjoys them all so you dont need to take them big days out.

We go to the park, the woods, take out the scooters/bikes/remote control cars, we were doing a toddler group once a week and I try and take them to either a farm, zoo or soft play once a month as a minimum, sometimes if the weather is nice we’ll go more frequently.
My youngest has just started preschool today though so I’ll only have Wednesdays with them both and I feel like I’ll want to make the most of it with days out, but they’ll be weather and finance dependant.

On my days off in the week I like and enjoy taking my daughter places, especially as from September we won't be able to do it. I take her to soft play, parks, swimming, the farm, the wildlife park, for coffee and cake .
But she is just as equally happy baking at home, helping cook, arts and crafts, playdoh or just have a movie afternoon

I mean I don’t really during the week he’s at preschool on Monday, then Tuesday he’ll come to toddler group with me and my childminding children, Wednesday he’s at preschool and Thursday then Friday he’s at childminders! At the weekend we don’t tend to do toddler based activities (we have a 6 and 10yr old) we try and go swimming with them all if we can fit it in! We are going to the farm this Sunday for his friends party but other than that we don’t have time to do tons of instagramable activities cos we’re too busy with real life!

Similar to other posts above, we go to a weekly swimming class and a Sunday school for my native language where they do play, music and art (and I have two hours to see friends for coffee). He is also in the nursery 3 days a week. So in free time it’s simple things like taking football and bike to our park, going to supermarket (he loves food shopping!), going to the city centre (I live in Oxford so we have amazing museums), and I also have an annual pass to a local farm with animals and playground. We go to soft play 1-2 time a month now when it’s cold. That’s it, I don’t do anything special big Lego land and peppa pig worlds, etc. And I don’t think kids need it to have a great childhood

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Is this clever or cruel?

My husband and i were talking and with social media and the internet in general being a terrifying dumpster fire, we are trying to figure out the best way to keep our son safe while still teaching him how to safely be online and moderation.

We landed on the idea of giving him the 90's kid treatment. A computer in the living room for us to keep an eye on what hes doing online, and once we feel hes mature enough to hang with friends without adult supervision he gets a flip phone. When we feel he is responsible enough and he earns and saves up the money for the physical phone, case, and screen cover, then we will be happy to take him to get a smart phone.

I thought this was air tight, but now my brother says its cruel to give a kid a flip phone, and besides he can just use his friends phones at school.

My husband and i remember a time before the internet, and we remember having complete access to something no one understood yet. We saw unspeakable things and are always battling with the urge to put the phone and social media down. I dont want that for my son, especially with his brain so vulnerable still.

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