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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Play mum-dad?
Dear Everyone,
What do you call it when children play in a way that they personify their parents? Like, they imagine they are their own mother or father, and their friend/sibling or toy their son or daughter?
Please, could you tell me?
Thank you.
What do you call it when children play in a way that they personify their parents? Like, they imagine they are their own mother or father, and their friend/sibling or toy their son or daughter?
Please, could you tell me?
Thank you.
Top answer
Hi, You could indeed say 'playing mums and dads'. Or maybe 'playing families'. Playing 'dress-up' involves wearing special clothes of some kind.
- Hi, You could indeed say 'playing mums and dads'.
- Or maybe 'playing families'.
- Playing 'dress-up' involves wearing special clothes of some kind.
- Clive
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Hi,
You could indeed say 'playing mums and dads'.
Or maybe 'playing families'.
Playing 'dress-up' involves wearing special clothes of some kind.
Clive
You could indeed say 'playing mums and dads'.
Or maybe 'playing families'.
Playing 'dress-up' involves wearing special clothes of some kind.
Clive
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When I was a kid, we called it "Playing house." I don't know how regional that usage was.
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Grammar GeekWhen I was a kid, we called it "Playing house."That's the term I recall as well. I would guess it's used throughout the U.S.
CJ
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