LOL - totally agree with the infant thing Playfelt ... also think this is why my crew has come to some weird ass conclusion that only 'babies' need support in their play and that they want to be seen as 'big' as soon as possible and able to play on their own without my two cents being added or interfering in their 'work' so to speak

Do not get me wrong - my over two crew will do things like 'bring me a cup of tea' in their play or occasionally assign me a 'role' in their role play games but I only engage in that if 'invited' into the play cause consistently if I attempt to 'enter' it uninvited I get told 'your too big for this game' or 'we do not need you thanks' ... most often with that age group I am only looked to if they cannot solve a problem on their own but lets face it kids are often more creative at solving problems and conflict than we are and all parties are happy with solutions that often seem 'unfair' to us - but if they are 'agreeing' to those terms of the play that is their vote so to speak.