Sometimes children engage in role-playing by asking and answering themselves. This soliloquy role play is a way for them to practice or review social situations. When they cannot fully express themselves to friends or find their appropriate role, role play allows them to practice. When it seems like the child has spent enough time alone, parents can intervene to expand it into a two-person play. It’s important to give the child the lead in this case.

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Children are much more meditative than adults. They become both the counterpart and themselves during role play. They are the playwright, director, leading role, and supporting role. They play multiple roles in their soliloquy without missing a beat. Adults might remember playing house as children. It may be worth returning to those times and trying soliloquy role play, seeing oneself as the other, just like children.