I think that is so important too. I used to be a nanny and I loved to play around with the little girls I nannied for, but I always made a point of leaving them on their own. They would come and ask me to play with them, and I would make myself busy so that they would learn to play on their own, without an adult leading them in play. You guys are a great help, thanks for all the advice. Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a job, is to do nothing, but it can be the most essential thing to do when it comes to kids learning to be independent.