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First and foremost is your child's age and developmental stage. The older a child is, the longer he'll be able to play alone. For example, at 6 months, a child may be content by himself for 5 minutes; at 12 months, for 15 minutes; at 18 months, about 15 to 20 minutes; and at 2 years, for about half an hour.
And if you let the kids play, the technological world is so inviting, so multimedia, so fascinating, and so designed to have holding power, they will play for 24 hours straight.. Rosen recommends that parents not relinquish control to tech-savvy youngsters.