By forcing our young children to socialize with many other children we are forcing our children to learn not to depend on themselves. This is a negative side to early social mingling.

Another negative is that a child who enjoys his own company and will play for periods of time by himself can actually change those habits (enjoyment) and become dependant on playing with other people. In fact I have witnessed this. A child should learn to play by himself, it is part of his learning to be one with himself. Playing by himself helps him become confident in what he does by himself. A child who is restless and cannot seem to play with only himself but seems to need other people around him all the time will have trouble gaining this Solitary Confidence.

All the best from
James Martin Sandbrook.
Sunday, ‎22 ‎April ‎2007, ‏‎1:04:22 PM.