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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly I just physically intervene with stuff like this. I hate the nagging dynamic where the kids just totally tune you out. It's lame. Sometimes if they're not ready I just carry them to the car as-is and then finish with socks/shoes etc once we get to preschool.[/quote] This. It’s just not worth the struggle for me. My middle child dawdles like crazy, so I gently take her arm and walk her to the door and sit her next to her shoes and say ‘keep telling me the story while you put your shoes on.’ I will physically take the pencil out of her hand and bring her to the bedroom. Sometimes I just put the shoes on her myself or change her clothes like I would my toddler. If I waited for her to comply with a direction, I would spend several days yelling from the front door.[/quote]
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