Ok. So. My kid doesn't play well with kids his age, but doesn't have the social skills, quite, to play with older kids. He's missing a few definable things, such as a clear sence of turntaking. He's showing interest in learning these things. But it's really hard for him to learn them.
I think this will solve itself. But. I'm tempted to push him.
Yesterday he DEMANDED to go to the local board-games cafe. I couldn't take him, but we had a few minutes and were near a toy store I like to support. So we bought him a game. The clear and present question is: how is he permitted to play with his new game. I told him off the bat that if he was big enough to have a game like that he was big enough to take care of it (not throw peices around, clean it up promptly, etc). He played it though with me following the rules well, with suport.
I'm thinking of making it a game he is required to play *correctly,* as in, by the rules, and that I will not play with him if he won't give me my turns, or "cheats." I'd certainly allow him to make up alternate versions with alternate rules, just not to break those rules.
What would you do?
-Mich
