"PLAY WITH ME....but dont touch anything"

Anyone else's toddler do this? My 4 year old will ask me to play but if I touch anything she's like "nnnooooo dont touch" 😂 so I end up just sitting and watching!!!!

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We just had a pretty serious discussion on how to play nice just yesterday bc of this. 4yo wanted me to sit & watch him play w/legos, then the wheels kept falling off his modified train & he’d let me help try to snap them on tighter, but when I got tired of repeating the one unnecessary action, I got up & found instructions & the original wheels, took tires off & truly fixed the issue. He got angry w/me, even tho he wasn’t even playing w/it at the moment, tore up what all I’d done, threw a tantrum over it & we had a nice long chat about how you can’t invite someone to play w/you & treat them mean by not letting them play or help, we’d rather play w/something or someone else who lets us play. Only took maybe 5mins in his room bf he was able to listen & could actually agree to play nice or not ask, just play alone, bc that’s not how playing w/ someone else works. The 1st issue we had was on his bday 9/17, he was trying this w/ kids at the play place.

He’ll let me touch, but I very often have to follow all of his specific instructions on exactly how to play with him. No free will can be exercised, no imagination on my part is allowed. 🫠

Usually my four year old just asks me to sit with her and if she wants me to leave she will tell me her little sister needs something lol

Well 4 is not a toddler lol but my 6 year old is a little bossy when it comes to play time. When we play Toca Boca, I'm just there for the assist and occasional commentary because she doesn't let me have a part 😂

Yep and I hate playing because of this. He wants to tell me what to say, do, how to hold it, where to put them, etc. For a variety of reasons he's in play based therapy and I asked her please address this 🤣

I used to have this issue, We have a very bossy little girl. But she’s also incredibly empathetic and understanding for a child her age. (She just turned 5 and has been an only child until April 2026)
I told her if she doesn’t learn to share no one will want to play with her. And then I proceeded to stop playing with her anytime she started this controlling behavior.
She goes to a daycare now and is starting to figure out that I was right and she wants to have friends that like to play with her.
It does get better as they start to pick up on social cues.

Lol my 6month old snatches her little toys from me when I have them lol 😆 to cute

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