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Scenario

Why children prefer watching others play to playing themselves

My 5-year-old prefers watching other kids play with toys on YouTube to playing with her own toys and I feel like I am losing her to strangers I will never meet.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital spectatorship replaces direct experience, creating a generation more comfortable observing than participating.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and children — the debate?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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