Mary Agreda described the youthful Lord as very serious and my remembrance was that she said that although He was extremely sweet and accommodating, He was quiet, somber, distant and detached to the point of concern/wonder for Our Lady and St. Joseph. I doubt He played like other children because He was often in prayer and suffering from His birth. The crucifixion was the culmination of a life of suffering. Our Lord wasted no time on frivolity and lived a very austere life. The depiction of Him playing like other little boys wasn't in character, at least according to Agreda.