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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What have you tried so far? Did anything work? Did anything make it worse? [/quote]

I’ve tried:
Bribing him with candy
Taking him to the toy store and letting him pick out any toy and promising to come back to buy it for him if he goes by himself 
I’ve tried calling it going “by yourself” or “like a big boy” or “with [insert any other caregiver]”
I’ve told his teachers and they just say he tells them he doesn’t have to go when they take the kids 
I’ve tried telling him it’s what big four year olds do
I’ve tried getting mad
I’ve tried getting sweet and serious
I’ve hammered the issue
I’ve laid off and tried to ignore the issue 
I’ve told his pediatrician (she says it’s normal and is his temperament, rather than an error we made during potty training or the result of us working from home) 
I’ve told him I can’t do this for him, but rather he has to decide he’s going to be a big boy and do this. He has to dig deep and do it.

He told us he’d do it in January. Then it was “when he turns 4.” Now it’s 5…
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