Coulson has some stranger anxiety, which is normal for his age when strangers start talking to him in the supermarket and stuff like that. But I don't think it's always normal for it to show up on the playground. If there are a few kids on the playground, he might cautiously play, but if it's really crowded, he won't even try to play. And if we're playing on a playground by ourselves and someone else shows up, he often will stop playing and ask to go home. I was confused at first, because I thought kids loved playgrounds. Of course I also thought that kids loved coloring and drawing pictures, but it's like pulling teeth to get Couson to draw a picture. Just goes to show what I knew about kids before Coulson came along...
Today I sent Casey and the boys to the playground so I can do something really exciting, like fold laundry and make beds. They came home about a half hour later and I ask them about the park. Coulson said they had a good time. Then Casey says, "We left because another family came and the dad started talking to me, so we left." I thought he was being funny and ironic, but he was dead serious. Mystery solved.
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