CAREABOUTKIDS

PARENTS: Some experts feel that if the motivation for play comes from the child it is play, but if it comes from outside it is work. Four-year-olds may keep their group life intact by scapegoating an innocent person. At about age 3, the issues of power and violence arrive in play. Children practice power tactics on each other (such as threats, pushes, kicks, screams, and fights). MY WORD: children need to be taught the proper attitude in play.