#parallel play is when children play separately in silence and is most common in younger children because most of them eventually move on to

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I think it's funny that people took the word "parallel play" and declared its a neurodivergent thing. no it's a child development thing I'm pretty sure most adults understand the concept of "comfortable silence" and "wanting company while I do things, but not necessarily wanting to talk'

#parallel play is when children play separately in silence and is most common in younger children because most of them eventually move on to #playing together collaboratively #but just because a child develops social skills and awareness and starts to involve others in play doesnt mean they STOP parallel play #and also. as an adult youre not like being assessed on whether youre including your classmates in playing blocks #like its unusual for older children to not include peers in their activities. THAT part is the autism part #its not like developmentally unusual for adults to have things they do separately but in the same room/environment/etc even silently #cause youre not. Playing. like including your adult friend in your work tasks or your twittet scrolling or your book reading isnt a #developmental milestone #idk i saw someone being like 'i love doing parallel play with my husband and doing my own thing while he does his i cant believe NTs feel #the need to talk to their partners every time they're around' and im like oh my god get off ~neurospicy~ twitter