Do you play with your kids/niece/nephew?

Singapore
April 14, 2007 3:06am CST
I do. I love playing with them. I think they would really appreciate it if you played with them. I remembered when I was young, I was playing by myself. I was playing with a toycar (I was a tomboy back then)and I remembered my aunt butted in when I was talking to myself and she pretended she was a passenger of the car. I don't know why but I appreciated that very much. One of my brothers who's much older than me used to play with me too that's why I try to do the same with my nephews/nieces. I think it's much more fun for them if they have someone to play with.
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• Philippines
14 Apr 07
I have have a daughter and I do play with her a lot after I came home from the office or during the weekend and it feels so good coz you'll have a time for bonding with her. Many people nowadays tends to lose their time with their kids. Sad to say that this hinders them from appreciating those little things that makes them realize that life is wonderful.Seeing an innocent kid playing will let you feel that this world has a better place to live in and this world...things that makes it wonderful are those moments we share with our kids and with our loved ones =)
• Singapore
14 Apr 07
I totally agree. I can't wait for the time when I have my own and we could play together. I'm just hoping that I don't get too caught up in my work or career by then but I made a promise to myself that I will always make time for my family no matter what.
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@Sicantik (706)
14 Apr 07
playing together - piano
I do play with my son sometime. And believe it or not I quite enjoy it . He loves to play hide and seek and I enjoy palying it with him. And he also like to sing so I now know quite a lot of nursery rhyme just to ammuse him. And I like it when he try to correct me when i made a mistake with the song.All the best..xx
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• Singapore
14 Apr 07
I know what you mean about the songs. My dad enjoys teasing my nephew a lot. He intentionally messes up the lyrics of the songs and my nephew would get mad and corrects him. It's so cute.
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• United States
14 Apr 07
I don't have any kids of mine own yet, but I am the oldest of 6 kids and I love to play with my siblings whenever I get the chance. There is a huge age gap between me and the youngest, plus many miles seperate us. But when we get the opportunity to spend time together I play dolls with her. One of my sisters, who is closest to me in age, we used to play Barbies for hours. My other sisters liked to play dress up and have pageants. We have tons of old home videos capturing all of those embarrassing moments. But I wouldn't trade it for anything! My brother is obsessed with wrestling so I have to brush up on my WWE stars and all their signature moves for the next time. My back is already hating me for it, but...I love my family.
• Singapore
14 Apr 07
Oh, that is SO nice. I know about the WWE stars. My nephews had only wrestled me one too many times. LOL. My older brother and I also used to play it. I never got a chance to play with my nieces as they didn't grow up with us. It's only my nephews that I got to enjoy being a kid again.
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@femimi (872)
• Indonesia
14 Apr 07
I still don't have kids, but I do play with my niece and nephew. They are all funny kids for me, seems being with them will make my day more cheerful.
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
14 Apr 07
Yes we always make time to play with our kids or go and watch them playing in there weekend or school sports. I think its good that parents play with there kids too. It helps to break barriers, it helps with keeping relations between child and parent closer as well. Well thats my opinion...
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• Philippines
14 Apr 07
same here , i love playing with my 9 month old nephew, inspite of all the strenous things i do from work , when i play with my nephew it's as if all ease out.
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
14 Apr 07
i love to play with my kids.especially when i am sad,i make it a point to play with my kids.
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• Malaysia
15 Apr 07
Yes, I play with them expecially my cousin. Sory, I don't have any niece or nephew but I only have a cousin. All of them are cute and some of them have been grow up. So, I like kids and I always play with all my cute cousin when I come back to village. I feel lonely if I did'nt play with them because I is the oldest of themselve. So, when I play with them, I feel very happy and get fun.
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• United States
14 Apr 07
I play with my daughter and my niece whenever I can. I noticed how happy it makes my niece if I just pick up a toy she's playing with and animate it or make it talk to her. I think it also helps to build their imagination by bringing other things to life they might not have thought of, so the next time they play alone they will try to recreate the scenario and atmosphere.
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• Singapore
14 Apr 07
LOL. I know EXACTLY what you mean. My nephew does that. When we play with his action figures, I try to do all these things with them, make them do a cartwheel or something and I could just see my nephew's eyes light up and he'll immediately take the toy I'm playing with and imitates the actions I did. It's so funny and cute.
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@jay_em93 (99)
• Philippines
14 Apr 07
I like giving toys to my 1 niece and two nephews, sometimes i would play with my niece and buy chips then we would pretend that this chips are still raw and then she's going to cook it. On weekends i would take them to the park, of course their moms are with them so if ever i would get tired i can just easily give them to their mothers.
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@magiee (63)
• Philippines
14 Apr 07
Of course i always play w/ kids specially my one year old son. We always go outside & play. We walk, run, crawl & sometimes we play peek-a-boo! i love when i see him laugh. Sometimes we play w/ my husband & my younger brothers.
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@bad1981 (799)
• United States
14 Apr 07
Oh yes I am always playing with my litttle ones. They love it and so do i.
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@kishusia (1066)
• India
15 Apr 07
I am a mother. I play with my two daughters. I play with my niece/nephew whenever they visit me or I visit them. Children are images of God. Playing with them takes you near to God.
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• Malaysia
14 Apr 07
haha.. i do play with my niece.. they're so cuteee... and you know what.. they're so innocent.. atleast they won't piss me off all the time.. kids.. something that i really like them is that they don't get involved in serious quarels with someone.. i love to play toys too.. those power rangers and so on.. haha.. it's funny
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• Singapore
14 Apr 07
Power rangers are my nephew's favorite superheroes. I've even downloaded some episodes for him to watch. He has tons of action figures of them and that's what we usually play.
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• Philippines
14 Apr 07
I don' have kids yet but I have two nephews and two niece which I always play around but not that much cause sometimes I don't enjoy all there games.. I think i"m getting older..lol. Anyway, its really nice to have kids in the house they lighten up the day and they make no room for boredom. I remember back then whey they have to go and live to their house cause the school is on and the house become really silent.. and no one to take care. Now I just enjoy the moment cause its vacation time and they will stay here for awhile.
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
14 Apr 07
I play with my niece most of the times, she's been the latest addition to our family. She's sweet, a charmer and very playful too. I make that I give my share in teaching her new things and let her know of things that she finds curious about. show her what life is all about. As of nest school-year, we'll enroll her on kindergarten, preparing her for grade school.
• China
14 Apr 07
yes, I do. I feel very pleasant when I play with my niece. he is so cute and he always make me laugh... I like to hear his voice and watching his smiling...it is a good feeling that as if the world is filled is love and peace when I heard his smiling voice.
@Damacoy (65)
• Philippines
14 Apr 07
I do too. after work i play with my husband's nephews & nieces... i love playing with them... and sometimes we watch barney's altogether...it's a great feeling watching children laugh.
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• Malaysia
14 Apr 07
I play with my niece a lot. She stays with my parents. She doesn't have anyone to play with. Therefore, whenever I go back to my hometown, she'll stick with me and want me to play with her. She likes to colour and dance. She also loves to be photograph!
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• India
14 Apr 07
ya, playing with kids is gr8.. when i play with my nephews / nieces i too become a kid.. its really fun as if we have gone back top our childhood..
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