You may be sick or slightly unwell, you may be tired or experience an attack of invincible laziness, but such a moment always happens in the life of every parent: you just want to lie down, and the child wants you to save him from boredom.

We have collected 12 options for tricks that parents use when trying to combine two actions (give a prefix or turn on a cartoon are excluded!

“When I’m unwell, I invite my son to stay by my side and write a letter to my grandmother about how our day went.. Sometimes he writes on paper, but more often on a laptop.”.

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“You can play in a massage room - you lie down, and they give you a massage, as best they can”.

“The reclining jury can evaluate different performances - dance, vocal, acting. Just lie down and let the kids (especially the girls) put on a masquerade in front of you.”.

" I just need to lie down on the floor if possible.. It seems like I twisted my leg on a hike, and my daughter is forced to pitch a tent, make a halt, make a fire. I do not resist the use of bed covers, stretched on a chair around me, an impromptu dinner on a fire in the form of cookies... "

“The children themselves somehow came up with a game of the old storyteller in case of my poor health.. I pretend that I am an old man who only remembers different stories.. And the children bring me different toys, put them in front of me, and I tell about them everything that comes to mind.. Sometimes it turns out very interesting.

“My son loves to make up different stories himself, and if it’s usually not up to them, then at the moments when I’m lying, my son gets into bed with me and chatters incessantly about such improbability! I often fall asleep under them, but he is not offended - I'm sick. Sometimes he falls asleep next to.

“There are books and coloring books that a child likes a lot, but I hide them just in time for such a lying occasion.. My daughter reads me a story she misses or paints her favorite princesses while sitting next to me.”.

“There is no need to invent anything special here - we are playing in the hospital. I'm sick of course. The daughter is a doctor who carefully examines me, prescribes medicines and treats me.”.

10. “When I lie down, my daughters take advantage of the moment and paint my nails, comb my hair, braid braids”.

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“For some reason, my daughter likes to play delivery service at such moments.. My role is just to lie and wait for the courier, and she knocks on the door and says " Then another and another. Yes, in the end, I just end up under a mountain of toys..

12. “I taught my daughter how to play quietly. Her rules are to be quiet - you can play with dolls, draw, build houses - for, say, half an hour, speak in an undertone, do not run, do not make noise.. And the winner gets a prize. Let's say kinder "

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