What does independent play actually look like at 2 and 3, asking because mine will not do it at all
My son is 2.5 and he cannot be in a room without me for more than about 3 minutes before he is at my feet. I am not exaggerating, I have timed it.
I see people talk about their toddlers playing independently for 30 or 45 minutes and I genuinely do not know what that looks like in practice. Like are they in a separate room? Do you check on them? Is it truly no interaction or just low interaction?
We have tried leaving toys out, rotating them, doing a whole setup before I leave the room. Nothing has clicked yet. He is not distressed, he just follows me everywhere like a very small determined shadow.
Not looking for a fix necessarily, more just curious what it actually looks like day to day in your house. Is it something that develops on its own or did you have to work at it?