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[quote=Anonymous]It is pretty age-typical for 2.5. Not to say that it can't also be a sign of other lasting personality attributes, but many, many inflexible 2.5-year-olds outgrow this phase. I kind of wish my 7yo who used to want everything put away still had a few threads of that left. :( What helped for us during that time was "big deal, little deal"--where each time things don't go as planned, you categorize it as a big deal or a little deal and you coach the child to react accordingly. Most things are, in fact, little deals but you have to build capacity to be flexible about them, and that's hard at that age. And some things are really, truly big deals, and I think it's important to hold that and give kids space to react when things really don't go as they were supposed to go. Preschool also helped hugely with this, as flexibility/bending was a big part of their social-emotional curriculum.[/quote]
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