How to get my daughter to play nice

My daughter is about to be 3 and she plays well with older kids but not with younger. I need some advice on how to fix this. It's so frustrating. My best friends daughter is 1 and getting my daughter to play with her is impossible.

What does she do, and how do you respond? Lets start there.

My<blockquote><b>Quoting angelica j:</b>" My daughter is about to be 3 and she plays well with older kids but not with younger. I need some advice ... [snip!] ... on how to fix this. It's so frustrating. My best friends daughter is 1 and getting my daughter to play with her is impossible."</blockquote>


My kid is 3 and she doesn't play with babies. They can't talk and interact with her like she wants. They are not on her level. You can't force your kid to play with someone

It's probably because the baby doesn't really know how to interact, and the child gets bored. You just have to give it time, they're probably not going to play together until the baby is older.

Why do you want to force a 3 year old and 1 year old to play with eachother. Honestly she probably has no interest in playing with a baby and that's what she views the 1 year old as. Older children are more exciting and you don't constantly get told no, or be nice, or don't do that.
She needs to learn to be gentle and nice with younger children yes, but a simple calm be nice gets the point across.

1 year olds are in the me stage and fairly selfish and "play" solo for the most part.