A Befuddled Adult’s Guide to Playing With Little Kids

Advice for people who don’t know how to interact with children

Diane Stopyra
Forge
Published in
7 min readMar 25, 2019

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In theory, playing with a kid should be the easiest thing in the world. After all, there are no rules. There’s no script to follow. Don’t know what you’re doing? Just make it all up. In fact, making it all up is sort of the point.

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Diane Stopyra
Forge
Writer for

Journalist writing and surfing in Cape May, NJ. Work in Runner’s World, Marie Claire, Salon, The Cut, and more. Reluctant tweeter at @dianestopyra.