Why do children always want to play in the area where adults are working?

Question

The other day I was preparing the outdoor furniture while family members came together for a cookout. The back yard is every bit of 2 acres with plenty of swings, trees, hills, etc.. there are plenty of places to play, run, scream, and have fun. I was beside the house assembling a grill and minding my own business in an area where I could peacefully work. Why did the kids consider my little area the place to play and have fun? They had all of that area to run around, frolic, and play tag... but somehow they wanted to express all of this rambunctious behavior around where I was working.

I do not know why this is but it seems like kids always want to play amongst themselves right in the area where adults are working.

Answer 1

In my psychology class, I read about a study where they put a playground on a field an acre long. They put a fence around it at first, and all the kids played on the edge of the fence. They hardly even touched the playground itself.

Then they took the fence away, and put kids on the playground. The kids played on the playground as if there were a fence around it, but none of them ventured into the field.

I guess the moral of the story is, kids just wanna play where they're not supposed to. They like to push boundaries. It's their nature.

Answer 2

Children generally imitate adults in some fashion while playing. it may look like play but many times they are pretending to do something we would normally consider work. To them its just play.

Answer 3

Because they seek the contact...
Becoming annoying is the way of kids saying "I'm here, notice me"

Answer 4

they probably want to be in the same area as you are.. or they like to bug the living crap out of you..

Answer 5

Its all about attention.